The spokesperson of the Supreme Court, Angela Vivancoaddressed the public security crisis in the country, noting that “urgency is a reality, but, on the other hand, there is also an obligation to think things through and seek solutions that are the most appropriate and considered.”
The spokeswoman for the country’s highest court asserted in Cooperative, regarding crimes, that “when it comes to country solutions, obviously what the President of the Republic calls for calm and not excessive commotion is an appropriate call.”
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In this sense, Vivanco emphasized that “we cannot legislate or establish solutions in a state of despair, but also reflecting”, in relation to the legislative fast track that will be able to discuss more than 30 bills on security in Congress, after a agreement between the executive and the legislature.
In the same way, the spokesperson for the Supreme Court indicated that “there is a regime of public liberties that must be combined with security, but we cannot transform ourselves into a police state.” In the same way, she explained that “every insertion that one makes of the legal system has effects on other matters. They are not islands and, consequently, if one presses on one side, one has to pay attention to what happens to the other” .
He added that, given this, it is necessary to have “a State where there is security, where security measures are increased, but not where citizens do not have freedoms.”
Vivanco, who had previously stated that the Valencia criterion —which seeks to establish preventive detention for undocumented foreign detainees— “is not a legal criterion, but is an internal guideline of the Public Ministry”, now affirmed that “it is an instruction addressed only to prosecutors and, consequently, it is not mandatory” for judges.
