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”.