Deputies gave half sanction this Tuesday to the project for the regularization of the legitimate possession of weapons and the extension of the National Voluntary Surrender of Firearms Program. The initiative received 142 votes in favorunited between the ruling party and the dialogue opposition, while Unión por la Patria (with the exception of Ana Aubone who abstained). A half penalty was also given to the Anti-mafia law.
What was voted on Tuesday was the modification of Law 26,216 on Firearms which, according to the Government, incorporates a more agile and simple procedure for the regularization of the legitimate possession of weapons through a declaration that can be made virtually.
With the sanction of this law, any person who renews his Legitimate User Credential Within the 90 days prior to expiration, you will not have to prove again the suitability of its handling at the National Agency for Controlled Materials (ANMaC).
The project was sent by the government in May of this year with the signatures of the president Javier Mileithe Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich and the then Chief of Staff Nicolas Posse.
Furthermore, the project provides a extension of the National Voluntary Surrender of Firearms Program until December 31, 2027. This program allows anyone who has unauthorized weapons to voluntarily and anonymously hand them over for subsequent destruction, without legal consequences.
Deputies gave half sanction to the Anti-Mafias law
Around midnight, the ruling party and allies also achieved the half penalty of the law of Comprehensive Approach against Organized Crimealso known as Anti-mafia law. In the general vote, the rule received 137 affirmative votes, 92 negative votes and no abstentions.
The law typifies the organized crime, aggravates the penalties for those considered members of an illicit association and collectivizes sentences for all members of the criminal group: “It will be punished with the penalty that corresponds to the most serious crime committed by the organization.”
The regulations propose the figure of “Area Subject to Special Investigation” through which Emergency action mechanisms are established in territories that are considered priority. Furthermore, it allows anticipated forfeiture of any property that “presumably” is the product of the activities described in the law.
Likewise, it enables federal forces to detain a person for up to 48 hours to carry out investigations, to seize merchandise, to carry out searches in penitentiary establishments, to immobilize assets and to intercept “telephone calls, network messaging social networks, virtual platforms and other forms of communication.
The text was approved with modifications. Now, after its treatment in Deputies, it will be analyzed by the Senate of the Nation.
The ruling party and allies celebrated the sanction of the Single Ballot, with chicanery to the opposition
In the first turn, the Chamber of Deputies approved a historical change in the Argentine electoral system with the sanction of the Single Paper Ballot (BUP)which will begin to be implemented in the legislative elections from 2025.
The project came with changes from the Senate and received the affirmative vote of 143 legislatorsmainly from the benches of Together for Change and the Freedom Advances, with the support of the provincial deputies of Federal Innovation.
“I celebrate the sanction of the law of Single Paper Ballot in Deputies that will allow us from 2025 to have a more transparent participation system“, he stated Lisandro Catalán, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Nation.
Source: Ambito
