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The The Senate table harshly questioned the government’s work in fighting crime and accused it of wanting to “endorse” Congress with the responsibility for its “failure” in that task. Especially after the Executive presented this Sunday a bill to strengthen the police and investigation tools and modify judicial criteria against organized crime.
The board of the Upper House, led by the Senator Adriana Muñoz (PPD)He stated that he “categorically rejects the statements of the President of the Republic and members of his cabinet, who have endorsed the National Congress their responsibilities in the absolute failure of the Government in the fight against crime and organized crime.”
Through a public statement, he criticized that “It has become common in recent years to target the Legislative Power for failures in the control of public security, in circumstances, it is the Executive Power that must assume that it has the constitutional mandate and the necessary powers to carry out said function. “
It stated that “it is completely untrue that the lack of legislation prevents prosecution of these crimes”, since “the rules can always be perfected, but there are sufficient provisions to investigate and punish the events that have caused public commotion in recent years. days “, including the two shootings in less than 24 hours that left two dead in Maipú.
“RESPONSIBILITIES AND INACTION OF THE GOVERNMENT”
“The responsibility of the Government in the matter is clearly exposed in various situations,” said the Table, pointing mainly to the Carabineros crisis.
“First of all, is responsible for the serious deterioration of the uniformed police, which is key in crime prevention. Despite the efforts that have been made in the Senate, within the Public Security Commission, from which roadmaps and proposals for a comprehensive and thorough reform of the Carabineros have emanated, the Government has not yet presented the projects for discussion. of law that are required to substantially improve the legitimacy and professionalization of the institution, “he stated.
He also stressed that “despite operating restrictions due to the pandemic, the Senate has continued to advance in projects related to public safety “; but, “unfortunately, it is the Executive itself that has not presented indications to some of them, or has been unable to build agreements to enable their advance, such as the cases of the bills that reform the law on arms control and the intelligence law, respectively “.
“Finally,” he affirmed, “a complete example of the government’s inaction on these issues is that today it announced the sending of a bill on organized crime, which it had already publicly compromised at the beginning of November: that is to say , In more than 45 days it did not specify any initiative and it has only done so in the face of the contingency, after the events in Maipú“.
The members of the Senate leadership reiterated that they are “absolutely available to continue advancing in the modernization and improvement of our legislation on this matter, with a spirit of dialogue, collaboration and mutual respect,” a framework in which “we demand adequate respect for democratic institutions “.
“It is not understandable that while continuously, both the President of the Republic and the ministers publicly value the support and collaboration of the National Congress, they react with sharp and harsh criticism every time the Executive faces a problems “, they sentenced.
