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By 7 votes to 3 The request presented by parliamentarians of Chile We are going to stop the advance of the law that penalizes denialism in Chile today circumvented its first obstacle in the Constitutional Court (TC). This, because in divided decision, the organism accepted for processing the action presented by a group of pro-government deputies.
Likewise, it was scheduled for this Thursday the admissibility hearing and During that day, the plenary session of the TC will decide whether or not to open the debate to public hearings.
The decision of welcome to process counted on the votes of the President María Luisa Brahm, and the ministers Iván Aróstica, Juan José Romero, José Ignacio Vásquez, Miguel Ángel Fernández, Cristián Letelier and Rodrigo Pica. Dissidents to that decision the ministers Gonzalo García, Nelson Pozo and María Pía Silva.
Last week a group of deputies from Chile Vamos had entered the letter, sponsored by 56 coalition parliamentarians, requesting that the bill that sanctions denial be declared unconstitutional.
The initiative, which seeks to punish in the criminal sphere those who deny human rights violations committed during the dictatorship, is currently in its second legislative process in the Senate. This after on September 22 it was approved by the Chamber of Deputies, where legislator Camila Flores (RN) made reservation of constitutionality of the project.
“There is a sector of politics that is determined, unfortunately, to be restricting our freedoms: freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, freedom of parents to educate their children, freedom of worship, in short. And we parliamentarians from Chile Vamos are united to prevent our freedoms from being restricted “said deputy Flores when the request was entered.
