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Colombia proposes to restrict right to protest after vandals and police end peaceful students marche
(Image: Javier Peña / Twitter)
by Adriaan Alsema September 29, 2019
In the midst of student protests, Colombia’s interior minister said Friday she is preparing a bill that would restrict citizens’ rights to protest, using violent incidents as justifications.
The proposal of Interior Minister Nancy Patricia Gutierrez came on the fifth day of student protests and hours before hooded men attacked a government building near the peaceful student protests.
According to Gutierrez, the government has been working on a statutory law that would a further restriction of the constitutional law.
The minister referred to a constitutional court ruling that sank an article in the 2016 police code that allowed protests only if they are held with the permission of the authorities.
Defense Minister Guillermo Botero previously coined the idea that protests should only be allowed if they “represent the interests of all Colombians and not just a small group” like students or ethnic minorities.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-proposes-to-restrict-right-to-protest-after-vandals-and-police-end-peaceful-students-marches/