Justice Alliance wants shield law vetoed.
THE CITIZENS Alliance for Justice, made up of multiple organization, has handed a note to President Juan Carlos Varela t formally requesting the veto as “unconstitutional” the controversial “shield law” bill which got third reading by the National Assembly and “clearly contradicts constitutional rules and principles of the adversarial system.”
The letterd said that the international trend is to “restrict” the privileges, immunities and simplifying procedures “only the freedom of opinion in the exercise of their functions and not extend the powers or privileges to cases of common crimes and crimes against public administration”.