Venezuela Fosters New Criminal Code

Venezuela is currently fostering creation of a new Criminal Code with the objective to guarantee a greater judicial security to the Venezuelan people, said Iris Valera, vice president of the National Assembly's Domestic Policy Commission in her statements Thursday. Valera told Venezolana de Television it is necessary to update urgently the text, which came into force in the penultimate decade of the 19th century. She said the document seeks to adjust judicial order to the 1999 Constitution and the current conditions of the national political and social context. The next Criminal Code will include philosophical, political, and constitutional foundation. In this moment, competent people are working on a document, and after its analysis and improvement it should be approbed as the new Crimianl Legislation, Valera pointed out. She criticized the fact that copies of the current Criminal Code, which has been derogated by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice, are still circulating, contributing to citizenry's misinformation.