A simple tour of the hallways and offices of the provincial strike courts to hear harsh criticism of the ruling party’s project that will create this Attorney General of the Department of Correctionsa new one Superstructure in the judiciary. The caveats are: that the initiative is a “dislate“ and a “folly“.
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There are several reasons that explain both terms: the superstructure that will emerge It has nothing to do with the recommendations of the National Torture Committeewhose last report on the situation of detention in prisons and centers for young people in conflict with the criminal law was published in 2022. And others are linked to the current context, which Córdoba Pension Fund Crisis The solution seems to be to take advantage of public servants’ salaries by increasing contributions.
Even if the hefty retirements of judges – to which the new Attorney General and his four deputies will have access – are not the actual cause of the imbalance in the pension fund, the folly is that a superstructure with millions in salaries is being enabled while workers have to pay more contributions out of their own pockets.
The five new officers will have one monthly pocket salary of $12 million eachwhich is equivalent to what a member of the Supreme Court receives today.
According to PJ, the fund cannot be maintained with 6,200 liabilities, which have an average pension of more than 3 million
Express treatment
But other questions also arise. While the initiative is being processed in record time, the documents from the flagrante delicto prosecutor’s office have been on a waiting list for more than two months.
This failure of the Constitutional Commission of the Legislature delays without explanation one of the most profound reforms the public prosecutor’s office and the judiciary in recent years, which is likely to have a positive impact on the penal system. Recording the treatment of Flagrante detainees opens up a range of alternatives to repair the harm caused and avoid incarceration if the severity of the incident allows. It will reduce prison overcrowding.
The commission led by Bernardo Knispcheer has appointed three candidates for the position of prosecutor in recent days, but they come from the territory and were not in the act. The documents still waiting as of October 2nd are those of Federico Rivas, Alberto Falcón, Mónica Barbero, Helio Olmos, Esilda Archilla and Esteban Grand Grundy.
The tension has reached such a point that there is one Request for a hearing before the Supreme Court to the President of the Commission.
For its part, the Judges’ Association also issued a statement expressing its “concern” as the legislative initiative deserved further discussion about its timeliness and relevance.
Has nothing to do with the Committee Against Torture 2022 Recommendation
The “nonsense” pointed out by senior judiciary officials is also there the design which will be handed over to the prison prosecutor’s office. It does not comply with the recommendation made by the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture during its last inspection of the province of Córdoba in 2022.
On that occasion, he proposed “creating local mechanisms to prevent torture,” as provided for in national law. Next, the report sets out the minimum requirements: “functional independence and financial self-sufficiency; public relations and effective participation of civil society in the creation or naming process; institutional design that ensures this Participation of civil society organizations in the operation of local mechanisms and respect for the principles of gender equality, non-discrimination, etc Multidisciplinarity in its composition“.
The Córdoba Initiative has neither civil society participation nor multidisciplinarity in its composition. And the prosecutors will be all lawyers because it is a required requirement along with training in human rights.
Positions with your own name?
Last weekend, as the bill was announced in the Legislature, the names of possible future attorneys general began circulating.
This medium collected versions of two names and their reasons.
The appointment of control judge Rubén Carlos Lezcano to succeed Juan Manuel Delgado as head of the Attorney General’s Office would have failed “Very angry” with deputy Alejandro Pérez Moreno. His appointment as chief prosecutor months ago was seen as a natural successor to Delgado. However, the criticism he expressed in the academic environment of the procedures of the investigating prosecutors became a boomerang that hit El Panal hard. That’s why Lezcano was nominated. In order to alleviate the discontent – as this version says – a new target was planned for Pérez Moreno: the prison prosecutor’s office.
There is another name in dances: the criminal defense attorney Ricardo Moreno. They say it would be a form of “Cordobanism” to make agreements with sectors of Peronism.
This is not the first time that he has apparently been linked to prison. Memories recall that during the riots of 2008, two months after the inauguration of Juan Schiaretti as governor, a crisis broke out in the accused prison, raising fears of bloody episodes like those experienced in 2005 in the penitentiary in the San Martín district. The uprising, with prison guards as hostages and the awakening of the initiative to create a union that would bring them together, saw a way out in a plan to “humanize” the prisons with the participation of those who were rectors of the main universities in Córdoba.
Ricardo Moreno was a candidate on this occasion, according to the protagonists at the time new Secretary for Corrections Administration. The initiative was unsuccessful. Today his name appears again, linked to the organization that is being founded.
Time will tell if any of these rumors come true.
What the majority opinion says
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Commissions on Security, Constitutional Affairs, Justice and Agreements and General Legislation signed the majority. The main points are as follows:
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Establishes the Cordoba Provincial Correctional Prosecutor’s Office within the Judicial Department with functional autonomy.
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Its aim is the guardianship, promotion and protection of the rights of all persons deprived of their liberty under the national jurisdiction, in any type of institution. Prisons and detention centers for minors in conflict with the criminal law.
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It consists of: an Attorney General, four deputies and two technical secretaries appointed by the executive branch with the consent of the unicameral chamber.
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These are permanent and lifelong positions. The remuneration corresponds to judicial positions (TSJ member, general defense attorney, judge of first instance).
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His duties can be summarized as follows: make recommendations, request reports, interview prisoners; require urgent action; promote judicial action, act as amicus curiae and prepare the annual technical report.
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