The decision of the Chamber of Deputies to reject a bill on sexual crimes against minors has sparked a wave of protests and indignation among citizens and activists, who are calling for the legislation to be approved.
On Monday, dozens of people mobilized in La Paz to demonstrate their opposition to the decision of the Parliament, which rejected the bill with 54 votes against, from Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Comunidad Ciudadana and Creemos, to 44 in favor and 3 blank.
The bill contemplated making crimes of pederasty imprescriptible and creating a truth commission. It was presented by the government of Luis Arce after El País published in an investigation the contents of the diary of the Spanish Jesuit Alfonso Pedrajas, in which he recounts the alleged abuses he committed against minors in Bolivia.
According to opponents, the structure with which the truth commission would be composed, as well as disagreements over consensual relationships between adolescents were reasons for the law’s rejection.
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