The Lucio Law will be discussed in the extraordinary sessions of the Senate

The National Government formalized the treatment of the so-called Lucio Law, in homage to Lucio Dupuy, the five-year-old boy who was murdered on November 26, 2021 in the province of La Pampa, in the extraordinary sessions of the Chamber of Senadores.La confirmation came through Decree 45/2023 signed by President Alberto Fernández and Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur, after the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Cecilia Moreau, asked the president to incorporate it, as she detailed through her Twitter account. Meanwhile, the president was consulted by journalists at the San Martin Palace, at the end of his bilateral meetings with counterparts from Cuba and Honduras, Miguel Díaz-Canel and Xiomara Castro, respectively, and with the special presidential adviser for the Americas of the United States, Christopher Dodd, among others, according to the agency. Telam. “Yes, days, I spoke with Lucio’s grandfather ago, expand the issue,” responded the head of state about the bill that seeks to implement a “Federal Training Plan of a continuous, permanent and mandatory nature, in the rights of children and adolescents for all people who work in the public service at all levels and hierarchies in the Executive branches, Legislative and Judicial”. The bill was already approved with 228 votes in favor in the November 9 session of the Chamber of Deputies, while it will now turn to the Senate that can sanction it until February 28. A few days ago, the man reproached the inaction of the executive branch regarding the Lucio Law. “When the President of the Nation came to General Pico, he promised us that he would approve the law in the first session, but unfortunately he boxed it in,” he said and while stressing that “the provincial State was always present,” although at the same time he regretted that “no Human Rights group approached our family in all this time.” He denounced in dialogue with several media. Pending the verdictFor the murder of Lucio are accused and charged his mother, Magdalena Espósito and his partner, Abigail Páez, for the charges of “seriously outrageous sexual abuse, for being committed by two people and for existing coexistence between her and the victim under 18 years of age, in real competition with qualified homicide for being the ascendant, for cruelty and treachery.” In the case of Espósito Valente, the accusation carries the aggravating circumstance because she is the ascendant. According to what was confirmed by the forensic doctor Juan Carlos Toulouse in the autopsy, which he reiterated in his statement at the trial, Lucio died as a result of an “internal bleeding” product of a “ferocious beating and injuries in several parts of the body” and “a strong blow that affected the hip, buttock and leg, 7 to 8 days ago.” In addition, his body showed signs that he had been a victim of “recent and long-standing” sexual abuse. In turn, the prosecution represented by Verónica Silvana Ferrero, Marcos Sacco and María Mónica Rivero, verified from a report requested from hospitals and health centers that Lucio “was treated five times in three months for presenting injuries, some of them serious.” However, they did not report any complaints. On February 2, the Superior Court of La Pampa, composed of judges Alejandra Ongaro, Andrés Olié and Daniel Sáez Zamora, is expected to pronounce its verdict and/or sentence for the accused. In case of any situation of violation of the rights of children and adolescents, contact line 102, which provides advice, assistance, and containment free of charge and confidentially.

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