The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, asked Congress this Sunday to approve the bill that criminalizes the crime of urban terrorism to combat hitmen, kidnapping, extortion and possession of firearms of illegal origin, in the midst of a state of emergency in 14 districts due to the wave of citizen insecurity.
During a visit to the city of Piura to deliver 120 vans to the Police, Boluarte stated that “it is time to toughen penalties, it is time to show crime that they will not be able to defeat us.”
“Our brother transporters, our brothers winemakers and the Peruvian men and women who go to study or work deserve to do so in an environment of peace and tranquility,” added the head of state, after the strike of transporters in Lima and Callao, last Thursday, due to the wave of extortion they are suffering from organized crime.
The mission
Boluarte reiterated that his government will not allow “the chaos and anarchy that many want to sow” and that security is a commitment that he has assumed with a high sense of responsibility.
The governor added that she has ordered that police operations in prisons, at the national level, be “constant and unexpected” so as not to give “respite” to criminals who, from prisons, “command extortion networks.”
On this topic, the president of Congress, Eduardo Salhuana, announced on Thursday that the plenary session of Parliament will debate and vote, on October 3, the bills on urban terrorism that are on the agenda.
“We have the opinion of 20 bills referring to the issue of urban terrorism, which, precisely, encompasses many criminal offenses. The commitment is to put it on the agenda next Thursday and approve it after discussion, obviously,” Salhuana declared to the local press.
More projects
In addition, legislators have another 25 bills related to citizen security, whose opinions will be evaluated by the Defense, Economy and Decentralization commissions to be debated and approved in a thematic plenary session on October 30, he added.
The president of the Legislature agreed that “we all know what Peru has been suffering for some years”, in which crime and common delinquency have grown in a “disproportionate manner” and “the State, unfortunately, has not had an effective response.” and correct.”
However, last July the Peruvian Congress approved a law against organized crime that, according to the Lima Bar Association and other social sectors, has rather facilitated the proliferation of extortion gangs and other criminal groups.
Lima / EFE
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2024-10-02 02:01:43
