New standards treated in ALP drilles country institutionality

The new norms in treatment in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP), among which is the Law against the Legitimation of Illicit Profit and the Paso de Fundempresa to the State Administration, are questioned by opposition sectors, because in their opinionThey drill the country's institutionality and seek total control over institutions.In the last hours, different sectors joined the questions of the opposition fronts, which consider that the laws under treatment in legislative instances undermine institutionality, violate freedom of expression, the right to association and economic freedom, economic freedom, among others.In the opinion of the analyst Williams Bascopé, this set of norms are constituted in new violations that pierce the institutionality of the State, since it ignores compliance with the provisions of the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) and the legal system of the country."The country's institutionality is more than perforated.The institutionality establishes that all public institutions must undergo the Constitution, but unfortunately the institutions are currently undergoing and passed over the Constitution, ”he said.In the case of the law against the legitimation of profits, ”he said, is oriented for the public or private sector to be exposed to a violation of its bank secrecy, to leave it in the hands of a council, made up of the government ministries, defense, defense, Economy, Foreign Relations, Presidency, in addition to the Attorney General's Office, which will control this information, which can affect the heritage of citizens.In that understanding, "institutionality should be subject to the Constitution, which does not happen in Bolivia," he said.The analyst also questioned that the norm is poorly written and present ambiguous terms and generic concepts, which are not healthy for the postulates of the Constitution."As is, this law will bring problems of interpretation, application, it is open to arbitrariness and abuse," he said.Bascopé explained that the questioned bill must specify the investigation subjects and the reasons why the secret would be lifted, in the exercise of a profession.For his part, Luis Laredo, president of the private entrepreneurs of Cochabamba, during a television interview expressed concern about the treatment of these standards and pointed out that trying to take control of the entire record circuit and research.In the case of the Registry of Companies, he indicated that 20 years ago the State was in charge, but there was a bad administration, so it is feared that this situation will be repeated today."What worries us most is the approval of different types of laws that unfortunately seek to close a circuit to have total control in information systems, for investigative purposes," he said.Throughout the last day, the opposition fronts in the Legislative Assembly expressed their disagreement in the face of attempts to approve regulatory controversies, noting that they threaten citizens.The CREW bench issued a statement, in which this political organization expresses concern about the amount of norms that are being treated in the Legislative Assembly, in order to pursue and violate the rights of citizens, regarding freedom of expression,association and privacy.For its part, Citizen Community issued a pronouncement detailing seven points regarding the bill against illicit profits, which indicate that this rule will become a fundamental piece for the construction of a "police state".Meanwhile that the Vice Minister of Pensions and Financial Services, Ivette Espinoza, said that the bill "against the legitimation of illicit profits, financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or unconventional destruction", responds to the need to countWith a unified, ordered and updated legal instrument in the crime of legitimizing illegal profits and terrorism financing, which is regulated by different laws.