SANTIAGO, Chile.- Today in Chile There is talk of rules for the use of force, of police powers and even of death penalty. These are the consequences of the murder of three police officers that occurred a week ago in the south of the country.
This is a triple homicide that has not yet shed light on its perpetrators, and that accelerated the debate around security, the great issue that monopolizes the agenda and that the government of Gabriel Boric suffocated by the situation.
After a marathon and tense debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on Friday two relevant regulations were sent to the Senate: the bill that conceives a new Ministry of Public Security and he who believes the Rules of the Use of Force (RUF).
The RUF project, precisely, It was approved unanimously. However, the debate focused on the admissibility of the rule that sought to establish that uniformed officers charged with crimes committed in the exercise of their duties, were tried by military courts.
The provision, proposed by the right, was rejected by 72 votes in favor, 71 against and one abstention due to inadmissibility.
“Being a judge and party in an institution, in the event that an official of this institution is involved, is not the democratic ideal that we have to build, it would be a setback and therefore, it is good that the Chamber has rejected it as inadmissible,” The government spokesperson said this Saturday, Camila Vallejo, while the deputy of the opposition Republican Party, Luis Sánchez, criticized La Moneda.
“They say they defend the police, but they are the first to defend a judicial system that is imprisoning them without further evidencechasing them as if they were criminals (…) Justice is not working for the military. There are countless cases of persecution against our uniformed officers and it is for this reason that trust in judges is already lost,” he noted.
Another controversial point was the principle of proportionality, which was rejected, and which referred to the fact that the level of force used by the police or armed forces should be determined according to the degree of resistance or aggression. The government (with a minority in both Chambers) announced that it will try to reinstate this norm, that “it is a principle that must be in any legal system” and that “it is part of the standards that should be protected.”
Added to this was the approval of a renewed indication that establishes the “prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” by the personnel of the Armed Forces and the police, which meant a kind of triumph for the ruling party.
Although the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior indicates that there was a decrease in the number of homicides between 2022 and 2023, the same week the 2023 Bicentennial Survey (UC) He highlighted the population’s concern regarding insecurity and the perception of violence. In fact, 73% assured that it should be given maximum importance because “it threatens to destroy the institutional order.”
Pending issues
“Since 2022 the government has made decisions on the issue of security. The budget was increased historically; measures were established for border control; Just over 50 laws have been approved that create new crimes and aggravate penalties. Plans have also been established to place more police on the streets. However, there are things pending in Congress, such as the creation of a Ministry of Security and the reform of the intelligence law, among other critical aspects,” Claudio Fuentes, an academic at the School of Political Science of the University, told LA NACION. Diego Portales.
“It is plausible that more powers be given to the police and the Armed Forces be included in internal public security roles more explicitly. The latter because there is a favorable climate of public opinion and because also the right and some center groups could achieve the majority to approve it in Congress,” he added.
“Social consequences? Policies to increase police powers could eventually generate some reaction. But as happens in all known cases, the social reaction occurs not when a new law is approved but when specific abuses are committed,” he concluded.
This context, precisely, is what has Boric’s government located in a labyrinth. “What this situation and this regrettable fact of the murder of the three police officers most demonstrate is that the government’s original agendawhich was very focused on issues of rights, gender, or police reform, “It will be truncated by the more emergency agenda linked to these cases,” said Gonzalo Álvarez, associate professor of the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Tarapacá.
“So, in that sense, more than a particular reform or a change in the police order, A series of policies will be implemented that will try to give a feeling of greater security. And in the surveys, people from different political and social sectors are for a majority agenda in favor of greater security and tougher policies in this regard,” added the also political scientist and Doctor in Latin American Studies.
In the midst of the country’s commotion, more controversial proposals emerged such as reinstating the death penalty, which was mentioned by the regional governor of Biobío, Rodrigo Díaz.
“I hope that the government sends a bill to Parliament and that it is accepted by parliamentarians to, for example, reinstate the death penalty for those who murder police officers or that the Public Criminal Defender’s Office never defends people who murder police officers,” said Díaz, a former activist of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
The idea was also picked up by the Republican Party representative, Johannes Kaiser, who announced through his
The initiative was even addressed by the governor of Valparaíso, Rodrigo Mundaca. “When I say combat it (crime) with the utmost rigor, I believe that there are discussions that are pending and that no one wants to establish, for example, the discussion around the death penalty,” the official leader assured, which earned him criticism from the left itself.
The motion, in any case, has already been rejected by the national prosecutor Ángel Valencia, who stated that it was not possible since it was repealed in 2001. “Legally it is unfeasible, because in Chile it has already been abolished, we could not replace it in the civil sphere. Replacing it has no legal basis,” he said.
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Monday, May 6, 2024 at 9:08 p.m.
Rabat – The Interministerial Delegation for Human Rights (DIDH) affirmed, Monday, that the part devoted to Morocco in the Amnesty International (AI) report for 2023, published on April 24, constitutes proof of more of the systematic relentlessness of this organization and its obstinacy in continuing its campaigns against the Kingdom.
In a press release, the DIDH underlines that these campaigns are based on a selective approach in the presentation of data, the choice of cases, and in the way of presenting the cases, by drawing, in an arbitrary manner, erroneous conclusions on the based on false stories and baseless allegations.
The AI has falsely advanced, continues the same source, allegations of “intolerance with regard to freedom of expression”, on the basis of certain cases selected, judged or currently being judged, without taking into account the fact that this approach constitutes a violation of the primacy of the law and the principle of equality, as well as a consecration of an approach of impunity offering protection to certain individuals involved in cases of crimes falling under public law, and denying victims’ right to justice.
For IHRL, the IA’s approach is at odds with the fundamental rules of human rights, as constantly proclaimed by international mechanisms.
By relying on cases outside the period covered by the said report with the aim of exploiting them, the AI sinned by a lack of credibility and professionalism, necessary to assess the human rights situation through the world, observes the same source.
The delegation also criticized the attitude of the organization which deliberately adopted an arbitrary classification regarding certain cases that it listed as involving torture, while certain cases concern the extradition procedure within the framework of the international judicial cooperation, while for others, no facts have been proven allowing them to be classified as torture.
This organization’s recourse to this type of subterfuge by means of a biased classification, in a deliberate and arbitrary manner, of the allegations, with the aim of provocation, is part of its approach of manipulation, instrumentalization and exploitation in the aim of serving particular interests, indicates the press release, adding that any allegation of torture requires this organization to carry out the research and investigations required to verify its veracity before adopting it in the report, especially since no of these cases has not been the subject of complaints or grievances to the competent authorities.
Thus, notes the DIDH, the AI chose once again, concerning the events experienced in the Nador-Melilla region, to ignore all the data and all the clarifications provided by the Moroccan authorities on several occasions to the UN human rights mechanisms, and which have been published on the official website of these mechanisms, which include detailed explanations of what happened, as well as the measures taken by the Kingdom in accordance with the requirements of human rights. ‘Man, justice and the rule of law, including the conclusions of the research and investigations in this case.
The elements on which the organization based itself regarding these events did not pay attention to the data contained in the United Nations documents, notes the same source, noting that certain data appearing in the report sometimes contradict the UN documents.
It appears from the report that its authors serve agendas hostile to the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco, by attempting to exploit the visit of the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara to peddle invented information from completely fabricated, on the basis of stories conveyed by Morocco’s adversaries without taking the trouble to verify their veracity, particularly with regard to the alleged dispersals of peaceful gatherings and restrictions imposed on associations, affirms the DIDH, which recalls that the visit of the personal envoy took place under normal conditions, the Moroccan authorities having met all the conditions to ensure its success.
And to specify that the reality on the ground confirms that peaceful gatherings and the right to create associations are guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws in force to all citizens in the different regions of the Kingdom without any distinction.
Furthermore, the interministerial delegation noted that those responsible for drawing up the report knowingly omitted to mention the serious systematic violations of human rights in the Tindouf camps, despite successive international reports reporting known cases. likely to be the subject of investigations and research, pointing out the blatant bias of this organization which chose to interfere in the responsibilities of the Security Council concerning the mandate of MINURSO.
For all these considerations, the interministerial delegation wished to express its wholesale rejection of the unfounded allegations and the partial positions contained in the aforementioned report concerning Morocco, reiterating its readiness to interact in a constructive and positive manner with the serious reports of the responsible international organizations. and credible, by providing all the details and data likely to contribute to the production of objective and realistic reports on the human rights situation in the Kingdom.
AI’s report for 2023, further proof of its systematic relentlessness against Morocco (DIDH)
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The number of people killed in a highway collapse in China has increased to 36, and rescue work continues to be conducted urgently.
Theo Chinanews, the number of people killed in the Mai Chau – Dai Bo expressway collapse in China on May 1 has increased to 36 people. The remaining 30 injured people were transferred to the hospital for treatment and their lives are not in danger.
The scene of the collapse of the Mai Chau – Dai Bo Expressway in Mai Chau city, Guangdong province, China. (Photo: CCTV)
The incident occurred at about 2:10 a.m. on May 1, at Mai Chau – Dai Bo highway, passing through Tra Duong town of Dai Bo district, Mai Chau city, Guangdong province, southern China.
Images posted on local television showed smoke and flames rising from a deep crater, with images of crashed cars.
Witnesses said many cars fell off the highway and explosions were heard at the scene.
The crashed cars were taken away from the scene. (Photo: Xinhua News Agency)
After receiving news of the accident, the Guangdong provincial government sent about 500 people to the scene to conduct rescue, and closed lanes in both directions of the Mai Chau – Dai Bo expressway.
The initial cause of the road collapse was believed to be heavy rain causing subsidence. Rescuers said there continued to be heavy rain at the scene, increasing risks and difficulties for rescue work.
The region’s best medical experts were also mobilized to conduct multidisciplinary consultations and make every effort to treat the injured.
The subsidence area had heavy rain, making rescue work difficult. (Photo: Chinanews)
Local authorities have also established 14 blood donation points in districts in Mai Chau city, calling on people to donate blood to support the victims.
Ms. La, 34 years old, came to donate blood with her best friend and said this was her first time donating blood. She said: “Yesterday’s disaster was terrible.”
Mr. Khau, 50 years old, also donated blood for the first time, sharing: “I was very sad to hear the news yesterday. As a local resident, I wanted to contribute some of my energy.”
Hoa Vu (Source: Chinanews)