| | |  Editorials | Opinions | October 2009 
The Law Versus the Kidnappers
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October 09, 2009
 |  | It is refreshing to witness that at long last, political parties agree on an issue: giving kidnappers their due! |  | | |
The nation's Senate agreed to begin discussions to implement a new law to be applied specifically against the worst scourge the nation has faced in its history, which is the cadre of kidnappers beleaguering the citizenry nowadays.
The commitment the legislators have made is to deliver to the nation a new legal instrument to deal head on with a problem creating discontent galore among decent people.
Kidnappers are not merely a dangerous criminal plague, but are also threatening national security, as it is a fact that virtually hundreds of businessmen who have been through the ordeal of being held for ransom are now living abroad for fear of being targeted again.
Putting together what will surely be the stiffest law in Mexico won't be easy.
About the only thing senators from different political parties agree on is to start the discussions right away.
From the start it was made clear to the Green Party that the death penalty is out of the question, as the Constitution forbids it.
But still the Greens are calling for an amendment to the Constitution because they consider that kidnappers don't think twice about applying the death penalty to those victims whose relatives do not come up with the demanded ransom.
The Chamber of Deputies, and not the Senate, should have had the first say on the anti-kidnapping Law debate, but it is refreshing to witness that at long last, political parties agree on an issue: giving kidnappers their due! |
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