The Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Martinelli, will explain before Parliament on Friday the security strategy who has been carrying out the portfolio since he took office two months ago, replacing Luis Alberto Heber.
Martinelli, who with his request to appear before the Permanent Commission won over the Broad Front (FA) that he planned to call him about the homicides that occurred during the Christmasannounced that it will detail the ministry’s strategy, based on “a dual approach” that combines police repression and addressing the causes of crime.
According to Underlined, it will also deepen the three main axes for the functioning of the Interior: homicides, drug trafficking and technology.
Regarding the latest homicides, many of which occurred during the long weekends due to the festivities, Martinelli clarified that several of these events occurred without any violent antecedents, so the police could not anticipate them.
He Ministry of Interior analyzes the hiring of professionals to carry out an academic study on the increase in violence and thus devise strategies to work in said area.
“We have a problem focused on homicides, there are robberies, thefts and cattle rustling, but we have a problem in homicides,” said Minister Martinelli after Christmas and added that other crimes did not reach tolerable levels either.
Meanwhile, he acknowledged that they have “a specific problem and we take focused measures to try to reduce homicides,” among which is the restructuring of the homicide department.
The highlight of the hierarch’s appearance before the Parliament It will be the presentation of the closed figures of crimes and complaints during the past year, a point that has crossed the government with the opposition several times.
Source: Ambito
