Overview
- The commission voted unanimously with seven senators present on Monday to approve the 20‑point dictamen sent by the Chamber of Deputies and then debated seven additional measures that most outlets say were incorporated into the draft.
- If the Plenary affirms the commission text the Executive would have a 90‑day window to issue decrees on the authorized matters, a delegation that centralizes urgent security and infrastructure powers in the Presidency.
- The seven disputed additions address prison perimeter guards by the Armed Forces, stronger powers for the National Intelligence Directorate (DINI), criteria to register violent criminal groups, changes to legitimate‑defense rules, post‑penitentiary supervised release and faster procedures for priority El Niño works.
- Opposition senators who boycotted the session say Senate rules bar adding new subjects to a deputies’ dictamen and have warned of legal and procedural challenges; the vote reached quorum because several pro‑government and allied senators attended while others stayed away.
- The next step is a Plenary vote scheduled for the coming days and possible court or parliamentary challenges that could alter or block any delegation before the Executive can issue decrees, with human‑rights and judicial‑oversight groups expected to scrutinize the added measures.