translated from Spanish: Senators and national prosecutor unite to prevent new cases as ‘Nest’

Las senadoras Yasna Provoste (DC) and Adriana Muñoz (PPD), met Monday with the national prosecutor, Jorge Abbott who, inter alia, requested “that an investigation into”each of the allegations by cyberstalking, in relation to the so-called case”Nest”, released last week. In this regard Provoste said that “we want to move in a society that eradicates all violence against women, whether physical, psychological, cyberstalking or political violence. We believe that today actions that has been taking the public prosecutor going in the right direction, taking into account what the Prosecutor Guerra who will centralize all these allegations, while the victim service unit will host all the battered women in These networks of cyberbullying”. In addition, the Member of the Commission of women of the Senate highlighted the work of civil society, in particular, the work carried out by the Group of feminist lawyers. For his part, the Senator Adriana Muñoz said that it is relevant to advance legislation and listen to the complaints of the victims of the “Nest” case. Munoz said that “we have asked the national prosecutor that publicly manifest the decision of the Prosecutor’s Office to welcome complaints and listen to the victims, because the signals that we have seen these last days, are not encouraging. The Prosecutor said that in the coming days he will make a public statement where shall transmit the decision of the public prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation in each case that arises. And that is very good news for us.” During the appointment, Prosecutor Abbott pledged to work to advance the gender agenda and fight cyberbullying.

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