The Minister of National Security and elected senator, Patricia Bullrich, defended the new Penal Code promoted by the liberal government and stated that the reform aims to toughen sentences and to "put an end to impunity."
"Did you steal a cellphone? Twelve years in prison. If you do the crime, you do the time," Bullrich emphasized during an interview with Esteban Trebucq on La Nación +. According to her explanation, the update to the code seeks to address crimes with greater severity and to respond to the social demand for effective justice.
A tougher code against crime
Bullrich highlighted that the current system "allows 87% of crimes to be eligible for bail," which creates a climate of impunity. "We want criminals to face the consequences. A strong code was created that covers all issues, even those that were never considered before", she stated.
The bill, which will be sent to Congress in the coming weeks, brings together scattered reforms and adds new tools such as the anti-mafia law, already in force in Argentina. The minister anticipated that the legislative debate "will take time" but stressed that the text was designed to modernize the penal system and adapt it to new forms of criminality.
Imprescriptibility and harsher sentences
One of the central points of the new Penal Code will be the imprescriptibility of serious crimes, such as child sexual abuse, homicides, and kidnappings. "If you were abused as a child and report it thirty years later, that crime will still be prosecuted," Bullrich explained.
