With 81 votes in favor, 23 against and 8 abstentions, Congress approved, with exemption from the second vote, this substitute text, which maintains its favorable nature against crime.
With 81 votes in favor, 23 against and 8 abstentions and after passing it to the intermission several times, Congress decided to approve the substitute text that modifies Law 32108 of racketeering. However, these changes would not be significant, since they maintain their condition for the benefit of the criminal organizationss. The definition of a criminal organization and the issue of bringing a public defender to raids for the respective registration procedure still stand.
Fujimori congressman Arturo Alegría requested a preliminary question so that the articles could be voted on separately in the debate; However, that request was rejected by the majority of the Plenary.
Voting to modify the organized crime law. Photo: diffusion
Regarding the scope of a criminal organization, it maintains its definition of considering it “as a complex developed structure composed of three or more people.” In that sense, the Plenary only approved reducing the custodial sentence from 6 to 5 years for those who commit the alleged crimes of extortion, kidnapping, hired assassination, with the aim of directly or indirectly obtaining an economic or other material benefit. Likewise, it can be seen that the crime of control of an illegal economy or market was removed from the replacement text.
On the other hand, regarding the development of the diligence during the raids, the search and seizure will be carried out with or without the presence of the person under investigation and with the mandatory presence of a public defense lawyer who will be present from the beginning. of the execution of the measure “under functional responsibility”.
