Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies voted 37–11 Thursday to validate the provincial executive's revised security message and forwarded the text to the Senate for final review.
- Lawmakers approved partial changes to five laws and revised 14 articles of the Código Procesal Penal to add procedures aimed at strengthening investigations and prosecutions.
- Key procedural measures retained include the declaración informativa (an informative statement prosecutors may take), authorization for trials in rebeldía, limited rules for warrantless searches, and adjustments to the provincial rewards program.
- Negotiations inside the governing Unidos coalition removed two contested items—the early-stage interrogation power and 'áreas de intervención especial'—after Socialist and Radical factions pressed for stronger safeguards.
- Critics led by Socialist deputies warned the package risks constitutional guarantees while the Justice and Security minister defended it as needed to restore public safety, and if the Senate approves the MPA will assume expanded investigatory duties that could speed prosecutions and raise oversight questions.