On her last day as Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich, Accompanied by the Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorniprovided guidelines for Reform the penal code Which will be sent to Congress in the coming days. To express his opinion on the matter, the former Minister of Justice said, German Garavanowas exchanged with LN+.
About corruption cases not being droppedwhich the government finally stopped, Garafano explained: “These are, in the long run, remedies for the ineffectiveness of the judicial system“.
A simpler statement: If the system doesn’t work, I increase the penalties. Or if the system does not work, and on top of that it takes a long time, I consider cases of corruption to be imprescriptible. This is not the caseThe former Minister of Justice added.
Then he explained: “There are crimes such as Breach of duty by a public official or abuse of authority “They have very low penalties, so the increased penalties there need to be corrected.”
In response to a question about tightening sentences as an essential part of reform, Garafano said: “I have a different position from the government’s position. The so-called economic analysis of law“.
“Where what is important passes through, in terms of insecurity Identify, prosecute and convict perpetrators of crime. This means, Grief itself is a secondary matterOr not as important as the ones I mentioned earlier, the former official said.
Regarding the size of the sanctions, the former official explained: “That It will be up to Congress depending on the different crimesWhat we call in criminal law proportionality.
In his interview with LN+Garavano referred to his administration as head of the justice portfolio. “In 2019, with a committee of experts, then-President Mauricio Macri sent the penal code to Congress. Before that, there had been 17 attempts at reforms, With conflicting topics such as abortion and its punishment, or drug possession for personal consumption. Unfortunately, at that time this discussion had not progressed.
Finally, Garafano showed his worldview on the new reform attempt promoted by the government. “Reform of the penal code is necessary. He noted that throughout history, more than 900 patchwork-type reforms have been carried out, with special laws and reforms being happier than others.
“The important thing is to have a blog This refers to topics that are not organized or poorly organized today With laws added, for example, against terrorism or road cases.”