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The president touched on this during the presentation of the Air Force’s new satellite communication system, speaking on this topic in brackets.
“It’s time to start a debate about the death penalty for child rapists. We cannot allow such guys to walk freely on the streets,” the president said.
He also urged prosecutors and the judiciary not to allow these types of criminals to remain free or enjoy prison benefits of any kind.
Last week, the Minister of Justice, Eduardo Arana, during a speech before the Congress of the Republic, was asked a question about the proposal of far-right parliamentarian Jorge Montoya to restore the death penalty for rapists of children and persons who have committed crimes of particular gravity. .
Arana said he shares Montoya’s concern that the Peruvian state will be freed from international legal obligations that prohibit the death penalty.
He added that he shares the congressman’s concern about those who “rape children or carry out this terrible attack on society with the help of murderers or those who attack women by abusing their power.”
He also promised to study Montoya’s proposal with interest and would give him his personal opinion in due course.
Peru’s constitution provides for the death penalty only in cases of treason during the war on terror, but capital punishment is not used because of international conventions that prohibit it.
Congressmen, mostly on the far right, are proposing to break these commitments and renew them later with reservations to avoid the limitations they carry from a human rights perspective.
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