Overview
- A Senate justice committee issued a favorable report on a 2022 bill by Sen. Carolina Losada, moving it toward a full Senate debate in the coming days.
- The draft raises penalties for false denunciations to one to three years in prison and to three to six years when the accusation involves gender violence, sexual crimes, or minors.
- The text also boosts penalties for false testimony to one to four years and proposes tougher sanctions for spreading false data or insults in sensitive cases, with Losada also seeking changes that penalize concealment under article 277.
- Libertarian senators Juan Carlos Pagotto and Patricia Bullrich endorsed the proposal, while Justicialist senator Pablo Bensusán and actress Thelma Fardín warned it could scare victims from coming forward and lacks solid data.
- A Senate forum on the issue drew about 600 registrants and highlighted a wider dispute, with critics citing studies that find false reports are rare and supporters arguing slow probes and low legal costs for lying demand stricter standards and penalties.