The representatives of the Mediterranean province mostly voted in favor of the Government's project
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The project for a new Juvenile Criminal Regime that obtained preliminary approval in the Chamber of Deputies received strong support from the representatives of Córdoba.
The initiative of Javier Milei's government, whose main point is the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years old, was supported by 149 deputies who voted in favor, among them several representatives from Córdoba.
El nuevo Régimen Penal Juvenil fue respaldado por 149 diputados.
How the deputies from Córdoba voted on the new Juvenile Criminal Regime
In favor
All the deputies from La Libertad Avanza: Gabriel Bornoroni, María Cecilia Ibáñez, Enrique Lluch, Marcos Patiño Brizuela, Belén Avico, Luis Picat, Gonzalo Roca, María Celeste Ponce, Laura Soldano, and Laura Rodríguez Machado.
All the deputies from Provincias Unidas: Alejandra Torres, Juan Schiaretti, Carlos Gutiérrez, Ignacio García Aresca, Carolina Basualdo, and Juan Fernando Brugge.
Against
Natalia de la Sota (Defendamos Córdoba) and Gabriela Estévez (Unión por la Patria).
New Juvenile Criminal Regime
The Chamber of Deputies approved in general the new Juvenile Criminal Regime and granted preliminary approval to the bill that establishes the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 years old.
The initiative promoted by the Ministry of Security and figures such as Patricia Bullrich obtained 149 affirmative votes and 100 negative votes, with no abstentions, consolidating broad parliamentary support.
The ruling party managed to build a majority together with PRO, UCR, Provincias Unidas, MID, Innovación Federal, and other provincial blocs.
Peronism, true to its revolving-door policy, voted against it in a unified manner.
The result reflected the legislative work carried out during the last year in a plenary session of four committees, where more than twenty bills were analyzed and more than thirty specialists presented their views.
The new regime not only lowers the age of criminal responsibility, but it also sets a maximum sentence of up to 15 years in prison for serious crimes such as homicides, violent robberies, sexual assaults, and kidnappings.
For offenses with sentences of less than 10 years, alternatives such as warnings are envisaged, restraining orders prohibiting contact with the victim, community service, electronic monitoring, restitution of damages, and restrictions on movement or driving.
One of the central pillars is the creation of specialized institutions for convicted minors, with guaranteed access to education, medical care, and addiction treatment.
The text establishes the mandatory training of staff and expressly prohibits cohabitation with adult detainees.
In addition, it allows the suspension of the trial on a probationary basis and juvenile criminal mediation in minor cases, always with the involvement of the parties and the victim's consent.
