Nationalist senator Sergio Botana analyzes the viability of advancing the initiative through parliament. For the Frente Amplio “it puts the lives of neighbors and police in danger.”
The possible authorization of the night raids in Uruguay was put back on the discussion table after the Minister of National Defense, Javier Garcíaentrusted the white senator Sergio Botana to begin analyzing the viability of the project at the legislative level. On the one hand, the ruling party’s defense of an initiative that it has been trying to implement since 2019; on the other, the opposition of Broad Front.
The original proposal was part of the former minister’s “Living without fear” plebiscite Jorge Larrañaga, and is supported not only by his successor in the Ministry of the Interior, Luis Alberto Heberbut also by García and several legislators of the National Party.
The initiative to enable night raids would be applicable “if there are crimes of rape, arms trafficking, drug trafficking… serious or very serious crimes. If that happens, it is not a home,” said Botana in this regard, in dialogue with Telemundo. Likewise, the infractions will be specified in the rule, he said, and “all the rules will be maintained.” guarantee”: “There has to be an order from the judge, intervention from the prosecutor, in some cases the prosecutor himself appears at the scene, always with an officer in charge and with instruments to record the entire police procedure.”
According to the senator of the National Party “It is essential to have this tool”, since “with the advent of base paste we have had an increase in crimes and violence that forces us to take measures.” “We have to give the Police this tool,” he assured, adding that “the important thing is that it comes out, the form does not matter, but the end.”
The latter was in reference to the possibility of resorting to popular consultation in the event that the project is not viable in Parliament. “We will see if we go for the plebiscite after obtaining two fifths in the general Assembly or if we go to the interpretation of the norm (article 11 of the Constitution), as established in article 85, paragraph 20 of the Constitution, which allows the General Assembly to interpret the Constitution,” explained Botana, but denied that they were seeking to “go to another collection of signatures”.
Likewise, he announced that in the coming days he will meet with the legislator of National Alliance (Colorado Party) Carlos Camy, who “has led this issue in the Senate.”
Criticism of the Broad Front
The Broad Front, meanwhile, would be one of the main obstacles for the authorization of night raids to advance through parliament. In this regard, the Frente Amplista senator Charles Carrera He considered that it is a “tool that could be discussed,” but he emphasized: “If it is to confront the mouths, it is not effective.”
“They told us that the main tool for security was LUC, It is a tool that we already have and we are worse in terms of drug trafficking, organized crime and money laundering. We must seriously discuss the serious problems with drug trafficking. Now there is discussion about the raids, they need to get to the Campaign saying that they needed another tool,” he questioned, pointing out the initiative as “one more excuse.”
Likewise, Carrera assured that a project of these characteristics “puts you in danger of life to the neighbors and the police.”
Source: Ambito
