📋 Tender Overview
The Senate Chamber approved by a large majority the initiative originated in a motion of senators Carmen Gloria Aravena Mara Jos Gatica Alejandro Kusanovic Manuel Jos Ossandn and Kenneth Pugh.Increasing the penalties for robbery theft and reception of telecommunications cables is the main objective of the project that modifies various legal bodies in this regard and which was approved with 36 votes in favor and 1 abstention .The initiative which was presented by senators Carmen Gloria Aravena Mara Jos Gatica Alejandro Kusanovic Manuel Jos Ossandn and Kenneth Pugh was able to complete its second process in the Chamber of Deputies.It was Senator Jos Miguel Insulza who in his capacity as president of the Public Security Commission explained the scope of the initiative that basically modifies the Penal Code and the General Telecommunications Law to increase the penalties for crimes of robbery theft and reception of telecommunication cables.This law exists for telephony and what is done is to change that term to telecommunications and equipment which includes technological advances said the senator.During the vote on the initiative senators Ivn Moreira Kenneth Pugh Francisco Chahun Ximena rdenes David Sandoval Fidel Espinoza Jos Miguel Durana Carmen Gloria Aravena and Claudia Pascual intervened who valued the changes that are being made because of the known crime as the cablazo has effects on thousands of people.In this sense they recalled that technological advances have resulted in many people depending on them which means new challenges in the protection of rights and the protection of services provided through telecommunications.They added that the theft of cables or cablazo has become repeated and that a daily average of 60 crimes of this type is recorded especially due to the low penalties associated with it and the high price of copper. In this regard they pointed out that there are organized gangs that even export copper or sell it clandestinely.The senators emphasized that this initiative seeks to protect critical national infrastructure and advance in security matters.
