Overview
- The AAPDP condemned the government's expedited handling during extraordinary sessions and asked Congress to delay discussion until ordinary sessions with wide public participation.
- INECIP, through deputy Fernando Carbajal, submitted an alternative comprehensive draft built ad honorem after consultations with more than 20 national universities, judicial operators and civil society groups.
- Critics argue the official plan leans on punitive escalation that could increase incarceration in an already crowded prison system without evidence it improves public safety.
- The Executive's proposal raises maximum sentences, including simple homicide to 30 years and organizers of international drug trafficking to 25, creates a cybercrime chapter and makes serious offenses such as human trafficking, sexual abuse, homicide and narcotrafficking imprescriptible.
- Government advocates emphasize tougher consequences, with Patricia Bullrich stating that 82% of prosecuted crimes would carry effective prison terms, while no final congressional approval has occurred.