Should improve pre-agreements and strengthen the management of technical test: Eduardo Montealegre

Retrieve the management of the technical test as the central foundation of criminal investigations, strengthen the system of preliminary agreements and the opportunity principle and change the legal culture of judges and lawyers as a mechanism to correct the accusatory penal system, are some of the bases of the proposal which will be the Congress next year.

The Attorney General of the nation, Eduardo Montealegre Lynett, said that one of the central themes of the reform is to give coherence to the criminal policy of the State in relation to the pre-agreements and the application of the opportunity principle. The statement made it during the second Forum of analysis of the system Oral accusatory criminal system, organized by the Prosecutor’s Office in Paipa (Boyaca).

For this purpose, seeks that everything is founded on a good agreements system, because the application of the present rules is detaining these procedural structures, said Montealegre. “In addition, there a cry generalized about the existence of an undue delay of imputation hearings and some formal obstacles in the way of preparation of the oral proceedings,” the official said.

For this purpose, next year will be presented to the Congress the law project. “We want to give more coherence to the criminal policy of the State. Remove barriers and formalities that hinder the criminal proceedings. I think that the proposal that will be presented next year to the Congress by the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor’s Office. We hope to count with the support of the Government to unlock the process.”

In addition, said the Attorney, “what we want with this reform and the reform of the Attorney’s return to managing technical test. The system has some weaknesses, and one of them is that practically it is based in the testimonial evidence, which is very fragile, and in the management of the pre-agreements.

“Ideally, a system that is based on the technical evidence in the implementation of modern technologies to strengthen judicial police and handling of technical test,” said Montealegre.