Milei’s government presents a security package and seeks to punish the picketers with prison

2024-03-22 01:02:02

The ministers Patricia Bullrichof security, y Luis Petriof Defense, announced this Thursday a package of laws that will include, among other points, regulations to implement prison sentences for organizers of pickets and blockades.

Also, the modification of the Internal Security Law to modify the role of the Armed Forces, reported the Infobae site.

The presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorniadvanced the package of laws to modify or send to Congress for approval: “Legitimate defense and attack on authority, DNA law for crimes, law against criminal organizations, and penalties against organizers of pickets and blockades.”

Regarding demonstrations, marches and pickets, an attempt will be made to modify article 194 of the Penal Code, which expands the classified actions to specify that the penalty for those who “without creating a situation of common danger, prevent, hinder or hamper the normal operation of transportation by land, water or air or public communication services, provision of water, electricity or energetic substances” will be from one to three years and six months in prison.

Petri revealed that the national government modified the Internal Security law and expanded the powers of the armed forces in case of “terrorism.”

Furthermore, he stressed that “we are seeing terrorist acts.” “The President, Javier Miley, has given us express instructions to act with the full force of the State and carry out a coordinated integration task that involves all the powers of the State. In addition, he gave us instructions to modify the Internal Security law,” he said, as published by the Noticias Argentinas agency.

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