The draft legislative act 192 of 2012 and its political implications.

Abstract

The military jurisdiction is a guarantee that the legitimate institutions of the country have their validity insofar as they reside in the capacity of the Public Force to defend all of us and, without the jurisdiction, that capacity is annulled, limited, restricted or extinguished. When, in view of the decision not to revoke the agreement with the Prosecutor's Office and in the very long succession of dramatic cases experienced by those who wore the uniforms of the country defending us all, it seemed necessary to introduce that article that would give scope to Article 221. And it was an article that reproduced in its essence the principle of 221 but which raised an enormous controversy, since some warned that impunity and abuse of the privilege could be involved in the application of the article under discussion. We have always said it, privilege cannot mean impunity -what Colonel Ayala has just pointed out-, we share it to the core. When someone wears the Colombian uniform to defend us all, he deserves all the respect. When someone abuses that uniform, they deserve the most severe condemnations. Of course, these conducts must not only be pointed out as unacceptable but also condemned with the utmost severity, but what is indispensable is that the institution of the jurisdiction has that capacity, that vocation to generate that guarantee.