Buenos Aires, December 12 (NA) – The Argentine Association of Professors of Criminal Law (AAPDP) expressed its repudiation of the express treatment of the criminal reform promoted by the government during the extraordinary sessions of Congress. According to what Argentine News Agency was able to learn, the members of the association considered that the reform of the Criminal Code cannot be resolved behind closed doors and they demanded a broad, informed, and participatory debate that includes civil society. In a document released this Thursday, they warned that official statements "endorse an ideological coding devoid of dialogue and the technical contributions essential to grant legitimacy" to the project. The AAPDP proposed as a basis for a serious discussion the participatory precedents of the reform projects of 2006-2007 and 2012-2014, as well as the Argentine legal digest (law 26.939), prepared by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. They also reclaimed the Argentine codifying tradition "characterized by respect for constitutional guarantees," and remembered figures such as Tejedor, Rivarola, Moreno (h.), Julio Herrera, Soler, Núñez and Fontán Balestra. The entity requested that Congress postpone the debate until the ordinary sessions and guarantee the participation of universities, specialized institutes, bar associations, associations of magistrates, and NGOs, to critically evaluate the project promoted by the Executive Branch. The document is signed by former presidents of the AAPDP such as Daniel Erbetta (full professor UNR), Javier A.
