The Constitutional Branch of the Honduran Supreme Court ruled 4 to 1 that the law defining procedures for cleaning up corruption in the police is unconstitutional; this on the same day that the Lobo Sosa government seeks to extend the bill enabling the cleanup for another six months. Only justice Oscar Chinchilla voted to uphold the law.
The law which regulates the police cleanup calls for an examination of each and every police officer, requiring them to pass a confidence check that involves a psychological exam, a lie detector test, an examination of their finances, and a drug test. The law modified the police code so that there was no due process right of appeal of any findings under this confidence check. It stipulated that any failure to pass any of the steps of the confidence exam was automatically ground for immediate dismissal. SEE MORE…
Archivado en: Coordinación interinstitucional, Corrupcción, Gobierno nacional, Honduras, Impunidad, Ministerios de seguridad, Percepción de inseguridad, Políticas de seguridad, Policías Etiquetado: | delincuencia, Honduras, inseguridad, policía, seguridad pública
