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Tribunal Constitucional rejects opposition challenge to Rules on the Use of Force as inadmissible
The court found the challenge untimely because the promulgation decree had already been filed with the Contraloría when the senators submitted it.
Opposition senators challenge two provisions of the Rules on the Use of Force before Constitutional Court
The petitioners challenge the use of lethal weapons in response to attacks on critical infrastructure and the reference to exemptions from criminal liability in the Code of Military Justice.
Thirteen opposition senators take Rules on the Use of Force to Constitutional Court
The petitioners challenge provisions on proportionality and lethal force; the Constitutional Court must accept the petition before ruling on its merits.
Arrau accuses Communist and Socialist parties over taking use-of-force rules to Constitutional Court
Sixteen opposition senators challenge provisions on lethal force and proportionality in a law that took three years to pass Congress.
Kast urges the 23 deputies who rejected the RUF to reconsider their stance
The President thanked the 111 deputies who backed the rules on the use of force and asked the PC and the Frente Amplio to change their position.
Chamber of Deputies approves rules on use of force; bill moves to the Senado
The bill setting in law how police and military personnel may use force now awaits only a final vote in the Senado before it is sent on.
Congress passes the Rules on the Use of Force after more than three years
The Frente Amplio and the PC voted against, and the PS announced constitutional objections over the provisions on lethal weapons and criminal liability.
Government asks Constitutional Court to rule opposition challenge to Rules on the Use of Force inadmissible
The opposition challenged two provisions of the Rules on the Use of Force, but the executive branch argues that the law had already been enacted and that the challenge came too late.
Kast criticizes police officers being put in the "dock"
At a Gope ceremony in Cerrillos, the President defended support for the police and highlighted the law on rules governing the use of force.
Kast responds to the opposition at Enagro: "I don't live by the polls"
With his approval rating at 30% according to Cadem, the president accused opposition senators of blocking the Rules on the Use of Force in the Constitutional Court.
Off-duty police officer foils robbery in Puente Alto as Arrau calls for legal backing
The Security Minister used the case to defend use-of-force rules and the Naín Retamal Law in support of off-duty police officers.
Senate to decide whether to vote on reviving migration reform as opposition turns to Constitutional Court
The reduction of the voting threshold from 33 to 29 votes and the Rules on the Use of Force pit the governing coalition against the opposition before the Constitutional Court.
Arrau rules out classifying Aliste Vega's funeral as high risk
The Security Minister discussed rules on the use of force, the period for arrests in flagrante delicto and funding for police and the prison service at the police committee meeting.
Arrau pide al Congreso aprobar las RUF tras el crimen del sargento UrreaIn Spanish
El ministro de Seguridad espera que las reglas del uso de la fuerza se aprueben esta semana y califica los ataques a policías como un desafío al Estado.In Spanish
Senators introduce new security reform after withdrawal of Kast's proposal
The rules on the use of force bill was ready to become law after three years of deliberations, but the government had to abandon its constitutional reform in the Senate.
Arrau calls Tohá and Cordero's criticism of use-of-force rules "petty"
The security minister accused Boric's former ministers of failing to understand the country's reality following their letter opposing the approved text of the use-of-force rules.
Ley de uso de la fuerza en punto muerto por disputas técnicas y políticasIn Spanish
La tramitación del proyecto de Reglas de Uso de la Fuerza lleva tres años detenida en el Congreso, bloqueada por falta de acuerdo político y técnico.In Spanish
Tomás Kast challenges opposition over taking rules on the use of force to Constitutional Court
The Evópoli deputy accused the opposition of contradicting itself, while the government seeks to have the petition declared inadmissible for being filed after the deadline.
Use-of-force law published with challenge pending before Constitutional Court
Senator Juan Luis Castro warned that the Constitutional Court has yet to decide whether to accept the opposition's challenge, while the government considers it too late.
Opposition to Kast files seven petitions with Constitutional Court in seven months of government
Opponents of the current government have already filed more challenges to bills than were recorded during Boric's entire administration.
