Bill to nail child rapists tangled by  amendments

Modifications made to a bill that would allow people convicted of crimes such as corruption, drug trafficking, money laundering, and other high profile crimes, to escape time behind bars in return for community work continue to generate reactions in citizen and legal circles.

The independent deputy, Juan Diego Vásquez told  TVN News, that in the first instance, bill 91, had been proposed by the deputy Gabriel Silva and it was a noble, commendable and simple project, which established the imprescriptibility of the criminal action in Rape crimes against minors.

What was sought with the initiative, was that people regardless of age, and how much time has passed since a violation is committed, is that victims can seek justice and file their complaint. That had been made clear, both in the explanatory statement and in the articles, until when it reached the second debate, other deputies talked about introducing a modification that referred to the substitute penalty, Vasquez said.

“What we wanted to do, in the beginning, was to establish that no person convicted of the crimes of rape against minors can receive a substitute penalty. There would have been four deputies who introduced the modification: Leandro Ávila, Zulay Rodríguez, Corina Cano and a fourth deputy, whose signature was not recognized by Vásquez.