2023-09-19 03:15:00
Victims for Peace and the Criminal Punishment Association Comahue chapter asked the president of the Legislature, Marcos Koopmann, to summon them to give their opinion regarding the direct trialan article of the Procedural Code that might be modified to give more power to the prosecution.
Meanwhile, two of the promoters of the reform, Attorney General José Gerez and the mayor of San Martín de los Andes, Carlos Saloniti, met in the city next to Lake Lácar to reaffirm their support for the project they presented almost a year ago. Another more moderate one has been in the Legislature since 2020, signed by the Christian Democrat deputy Carlos Coggiola among others.
Victims for Peace “is made up of people who suffer the consequences of criminal acts and who we had the chance to turn pain and frustration into positive actions, rejecting the idea that the best way to confront conflicts is found in the toughening of criminal law. We are convinced that Social peace is built by promoting coexistence and integrationand that hate or resentment only deepens the violence.
“It will aggravate the prison system”
«Our objective is to establish in public opinion and in the knowledge of the authorities that The concept of victim is not the exclusive property of those who demand revenge.. “That there are also other people willing to contribute to the task of reducing the levels with which violence is usually responded to.”
The coordinator, Diana Marquez, presented a note in the Legislature in which she requested that she be summoned to give her opinion on the direct trial. «We believe that the proposed reform projects “They might aggravate the situation of the prison system and contradict the values of coexistence and integration that we defend.”.
For its part, Penal Penalty, with the signature of Celia Delgado, Fernando Diez and Pablo Matkovic, also requested to participate in the debate.
«We are united by the interest and vocation for justice and freedom, the construction of integrated and supportive communities. Also respect for human dignity and the promotion of human rights, and the aspiration for an administration of justice that adapts to the constitutional program and the rule of law,” they explain.
Collides once morest the Constitution
For these reasons “we have the purpose of giving our opinion on a matter of public interest related to the proposals to modify the Code of Criminal Procedure in relation to the so-called direct trial. We believe that The proposed reform projects will negatively impact the number of people deprived of their liberty. in the province in a context of collapse of the prison system.
“Besides, “collides with important social values and constitutional provisions”they conclude.
Gerez and Saloniti also want to go
Meanwhile, Attorney General José Gerez stated that “together with Mayor Saloniti we agreed that, if necessary, We will be available to the deputies to go to the Legislature and present the arguments why we promoted this initiative, which was worked on, agreed upon and developed through the Municipal Crime Prevention Council of San Martín de los Andes.”
The Constitutional Affairs Commission plans to discuss the issue at its meeting this Tuesday at 9. Last week it agreed to request reports from the Superior Court of Justice, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Public Ministry of Defense, to find out their opinions.
He did not convene the Bar Association, despite the fact that many people accused They have particular defenses. Nor to the organizations that now ask to be heard.
For and once morest
The prosecution argues that it is not requesting a direct trial because the public defense systematically opposesand the defense responds that if the accused He does not want a direct trial, it is his right.
The two projects, with differences, propose that the direct trial can be carried out without the consent of the defense and places the final decision in the hands of the judge.
The argument of the Public Prosecutor’s Office is that with this tool, there will be faster sentences and this will have a deterrent effect on crime. As far as is known, not even the most extreme punishment has managed to lower crime rates anywhere in the world.
The other reason is that more people will be sent to jail to get them out of circulation. even if it’s for a few yearsalso has its weak side: There have never been so many people imprisoned as today in the provinceand the crime continues.
On the other hand, going to prison can have a double effect: it grants greater hierarchy within certain groups for those who decide to continue in crime, and it definitively closes the path to the labor market for those who seek to reintegrate. Not even the State gives jobs to people who studied in prison (with programs from the same State) due to their background.
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