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06-15-2011, 03:30 PM
The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) says that President Fernandez should send the legislation on the National Police (PN) reform to Congress. Finjus spokesmen Rafael del Toro and Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman say that the Police are currently in a process of reforming the institution, which will entail some major changes. Speaking at yesterday's Multimedios del Caribe luncheon meeting, Castanos told reporters that "the Police themselves put this issue on the table, creating a proposal for reforming the police, which they sent to the President, and which was then worked on by jurists, who sort of cleaned it up a little."
On 27 February, the President said that he was going to send this legislation to Congress, but three months and two weeks later it still has not arrived.
Castanos was also critical of some of the "inconsistencies" in the legislation, such as the article that authorized the National Police to be the President's advisors in matters of citizen safety. The Finjus leaders also pointed out that the proposal addresses the makeup of a Higher Police Council made up of 17 police officers and two civilians but without distinguishing between criminal and preventive policies. They said that "the proposals practically guarantee the presence of more than 30 generals. The idea of a civilian police department is lost."
Finjus also said that they were launching a series of events centered on the debate on Police reform, with participation of other departments from Colombia and New York. They stressed the new, constitutional, status of the National Police as described in the Constitution passed last year. Previously, their status was based on a law passed in 1936, during the Trujillo dictatorship.
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On 27 February, the President said that he was going to send this legislation to Congress, but three months and two weeks later it still has not arrived.
Castanos was also critical of some of the "inconsistencies" in the legislation, such as the article that authorized the National Police to be the President's advisors in matters of citizen safety. The Finjus leaders also pointed out that the proposal addresses the makeup of a Higher Police Council made up of 17 police officers and two civilians but without distinguishing between criminal and preventive policies. They said that "the proposals practically guarantee the presence of more than 30 generals. The idea of a civilian police department is lost."
Finjus also said that they were launching a series of events centered on the debate on Police reform, with participation of other departments from Colombia and New York. They stressed the new, constitutional, status of the National Police as described in the Constitution passed last year. Previously, their status was based on a law passed in 1936, during the Trujillo dictatorship.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)