The Plenary Session of the Congress of the Republic approved the bill that prohibits judges and prosecutors from ordering and requesting preliminary arrest and preventive detention against police officers who use their firearm in an intervention. Likewise, the proposal states that if the police officer “uses his weapons or means of defense in a regulatory manner and as a consequence, an injury or death occurs” he will not be able to be detained.
The legislative initiative, which seeks to guarantee the principle of presumption of innocence and provide greater protection to people from National Police of Peru (PNP)was approved with 95 votes in favor and, in turn, exempted from the second vote with 80 votes in favor, 18 against and 3 abstentions. Both the benches of Popular Force and Free Peru supported legislative projects 3999/2022-CR, 7115/2023-CR and 7965/2023-CR, which proposes to modify the Penal Code, Legislative Decree 635 and the New Criminal Procedure Code, Legislative Decree 957.
“The prosecutor is prevented from requesting preliminary judicial detention against the personnel of the National Police of Peru in a situation of activity in cadres who, in the exercise of their constitutional purpose, use their weapons or means of defense in a regulatory manner. and, as a consequence, some injury or death occurs,” the document reads.
They seek that only the military jurisdiction can judge the Police and the Armed Forces
Likewise, the law includes that “those over eighty years of age, for humanitarian reasons, will face their sentence in accordance with the scope of article 288 or 290 of the New Code of Criminal Procedure, Legislative Decree 957.” That is, that person could not go to prison if he or she is over 65 years old or suffers from a serious or incurable illness.
Congress: Who voted in favor of the law that protects police officers in the use of firearms?
In the Congressional Chamber, they voted in favor of approving bills No. 3999/2022-CR, 7115/2023-CR and 7965/2023-CR, which seeks to prevent police officers from being preliminarily detained or imprisoned for using firearms during an intervention. In the first vote, 95 congressmen voted in favor, 18 against and 3 abstentions. The majority of the parliamentarians in favor were from the bench of Force Popular and Free Peru.
Congressmen who voted in favor of the law that protects police officers in the use of firearms
The congressmen who voted in favor of the law are:
- Alejandro Aguinaga
- Arturo Alegría
- Eduardo Castillo Rivas
- Victor Flores Ruiz
- Mery Infantes Castañeday
- David Jiménez Heredia
- Jeny López Morales
- Martha Moyano Delgado
- Auristela Obando Morgan
- Vivian Olivos Martínez
- Tania Ramírez García
- César Revilla Villanueva
- Fernando Rospigliosi
- Magally Santisteban Suclupe
- Hector Ventura Angel
- Cruz María Zeta Chunga
- María Acuña Peralta
- Roberto Chiabra
- José Elías
- Idelso García
- Nelcy Heidinger Ballesteros
- Elva Julón Irigoin
- Luis Kamiche Morante
- Juan Carlos Lizarzaburu
- Jorge Marticorena Mendoza
- Alejandro Soto Reyes
- RosÃo Torres Salinas
- Kira Alcarraz Agüero
- José Arriola Tueros
- Juan Burgos
- Jorge Flores
- José Luna
- Ariana Orué
- Francis Paredes
- Luis Picón
- Edgar Tello
- Waldemar Cerrón
- Flavio Cruz
- Americo Gonza
- Isaac Mita
- Diego Bazan
- Miguel Ciccia
- Jessica Cordova
- Noelia Herrera
- Milagros Jauregui
- Esdras Medina
- Alejandro Muñante
- Norma Yarrow
- Luis Alva
- Luis Aragon
- Raúl Doroteo
- Ilich López
- Edwin Martinez
- Silvia Monteza
- Juan Carlos Mori
- Alex Paredes
- Second Quiroz
- Lucinda Vasquez
- Oscar Zea
- Rosslli Amuruz
- Alejandro Cavero
- Patricia Chirinos
- Diana Gonzales
- Edward Malaga
- Karol Paredes
- Adriana Tudela
- José Williams
- Jorge Coayla
- Alfredo Azurín
- Luis Cordero
- José Jerí
- Jorge Morante
- José Pazo
- Ana Zegarra
- José Cueto
- Gladys Echaiz
- Jorge Montoya
- Javier Padilla
- María del Carmen Alva
- Carlos Anderson
Congressmen who voted against the law that protects police officers in the use of firearms
The congressmen who voted against are:
- Guido Bellido
- Hilda Portero
- Paul Gutierrez
- Germán Tacuri
- Guillermo Bermejo
- Wilson Quispe
- Roberto Sánchez
- Bernardo Quito
- Sigrid Bazán
- Isabel Cortez
- Ruth Luque
- Susel Paredes
- Edgar Reymundo
- Carlos Zeballos.
Congressmen who voted to abstain from the law that protects police officers in the use of firearms
The congressmen who abstained are:
- Sonia Echeverría
- Nieves Limachi Quispe
- Alfredo Pariona
