Conan Law: Deputies opened the debate to reform the Animal Abuse Law

The Criminal Legislation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies opened the projects to reform the Animal Abuse law called “Conan law”, which proposes to increase the penalties for this crime from six months to five years and up to 30 minimum wages the economic sanctions, which is supported by President Javier Milei.Se expects an arduous debate on the initiative promoted by the deputy of the Pro, Damián Arabia, since some legislators thought it exaggerated to increase the sentences for injuries up to 5 years in prison when in the case of people those sanctions range from six months to one year. The president of the commission, Laura Rodríguez Machado (PRO-Córdoba) proposed only to deal with the issues that are within her competence related to the Penal Code, and that the rest of the issues be analyzed by the General Legislation commission. In his presentation, the PRO deputy thanked “the unconditional support that I have received from the first moment to the President of the Nation. Who from minute one also publicly supported and pushed this project” and said that “I hope that we can soon have a deep but quick debate because we have waited many years for this project to be carried out. And we can’t wait any longer.” What does the Conan Act propose? The draft amendments to the Animal Abuse Law No. 14346, known as the Conan Law, aims to increase sentences to a range of between 6 months and five years (the maximum is currently 1 year), while establishing fines of between 5 and 30 times the value of the Minimum Wage. Vital for those who inflicted mistreatment or made victims of acts of cruelty to animals.

Original source in Spanish