Peruvian lawmaker proposes eliminating 'femicide' charge, sparks controversy

Peruvian Congresswoman Milagros Jáuregui de Aguayo has introduced a invoice that will get rid of the crime of femicide and as an alternative classify the homicide of spouses or cohabitants underneath the precept of equality earlier than the regulation.

In accordance with Jáuregui — who, alongside together with her husband, has been a pastor for greater than 30 years working to unite households — the intention is to keep away from gender discrimination and assure equal remedy in felony laws.

The invoice proposes modifying the present definition of femicide, which states that it applies when a person kills a girl “as a result of she is a girl,” to as an alternative cowl instances the place an individual kills their partner or associate. If authorized, the brand new crime of “associate killing” would come with contexts resembling household violence, sexual coercion, abuse of energy and any type of discrimination.

“The crime of femicide carries a sentence of as much as life imprisonment for a person who murders his associate. Nevertheless, the identical crime doesn’t obtain the identical sentence when the sufferer is a person. The proposal seeks to revive equal punishment for a similar crime. That’s the reason now we have maintained the contexts, aggravating circumstances and penalties of the crime of femicide,” Jáuregui stated, in keeping with the web site of the Congress of the Republic.

If the proposal is authorized, the penalty “shall be relevant to each women and men, primarily based on the constitutional precept of equality earlier than the regulation and non-discrimination,” she stated.

The next day, the discussion board “Cultural Battle: Confront the Advance of Globalism and Rescue Conventional Values” came about within the Congress of the Republic, the place Jáuregui allegedly referred to individuals who establish as nonbinary as “animals.” In accordance with info from the congresswoman’s workplace, her phrases had been taken “out of context” and “manipulated” by progressive sectors. Her political occasion additionally defended her, sustaining the identical stance.

In response to Jáuregui’s speech and proposed laws, Congresswoman Susel Paredes filed a grievance accusing her of violating the Structure and committing the crime of discrimination. Paredes introduced on social media that she had filed “a constitutional grievance in opposition to Milagros Jáuregui de Aguayo for violation of the Structure and the crime of discrimination since she claimed that LGBTQ+ folks ‘behave like animals.’” She additionally described Jáuregui’s feedback as “hate speech” and said that such remarks are “unacceptable, even worse coming from an authority.”

Within the controversy over Jáuregui’s feedback, she can also be reported to have questioned same-sex relationships, describing them as missing “real love” and being about “lust and lechery.” Her remarks sparked outrage among the many LGBT group, its organizations and representatives resembling Paredes, who’s transgender. They argue that “these sorts of statements not solely reveal a lack of understanding about human rights and variety but in addition foster hatred and intolerance,” in keeping with Infobae.

One of the vital progressive religion communities in Latin America, the Lutheran Church of Peru, publicly opposed Jáuregui’s protection. The church said that it “categorically” rejects the congresswoman’s statements, arguing that she “not solely ignores loving relationships between folks of the identical intercourse” but in addition “abuses her congressional place” by “mendacity shamelessly” and “looking for approval from anti-rights sectors, benefiting from present LGBTphobia.” The assertion was revealed on the church’s official Fb account.

Moreover, the church argued that “Mrs. Aguayo’s dogmatic place doesn’t symbolize Christianity; many Christian denominations, together with Lutherans, Methodists and free communities, worth LGBT+ lives as a blessing from the Divine to our communities.”

Alternatively, the Ibero-American Congress for Life and the Household issued a press release expressing solidarity with Jáuregui, affirming that she “carries out an intense and formidable legislative effort in protection of life and household in Peru, setting an instance for the nations of the continent with consistency and an unwavering dedication to the rule of regulation.”

The doc claims that opposition to her stance comes from teams looking for to problem conventional values, stating that “self-proclaimed progressive teams violate the regulation to insist on ‘new rights.’” It additionally accuses these teams of “attacking the rule of regulation and the conventionality of worldwide treaties.”

“The Ibero-American Congress acknowledges and helps the extraordinary legislative work of the congresswoman, the extreme social work of the citizen, and the tireless ministerial work of the pastor, Milagros Jáuregui de Aguayo, who leaves an excellent legacy for our beloved Peru and the nations of the continent,” the letter concludes. It was signed by the group’s president, Aarón Lara Sánchez, together with its Advisory Council and nationwide coordinators.

Initially revealed by Diario Cristiano, Christian Each day Worldwide’s Spanish version