{"id":473019,"date":"2025-06-26T10:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/yayo-sanz-lovaton-advocates-for-approval-of-the-new-penal-code-it-is-a-debt-to-dominican-society\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:14:35","slug":"yayo-sanz-lovaton-advocates-for-approval-of-the-new-penal-code-it-is-a-debt-to-dominican-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/yayo-sanz-lovaton-advocates-for-approval-of-the-new-penal-code-it-is-a-debt-to-dominican-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Yayo Sanz Lovat\u00f3n advocates for approval of the new Penal Code: \u201cIt is a debt to Dominican society\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo. \u2013 <\/strong>The Director General of Customs<\/a><\/strong> and National Secretary of Finance of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM)<\/strong>, Eduardo Sanz Lovat\u00f3n<\/strong>, called for the approval of the new Penal Code<\/strong> of the Dominican Republic, calling its adoption a “historical urgency”<\/strong> to strengthen the rule of law, confront modern crime, and close legal loopholes.<\/p>\n\n\nSanz Lovat\u00f3n lamented that in the 21st century the country continues to be governed by a penal code enacted in the 19th century. “With more than 140 years in force, this law no longer responds to the complexity of current crimes or the expectations of justice of Dominican society,” he said.\n\nHe also urged to take advantage of the leadership of President Luis Abinader,<\/strong> and highlighted the efforts of Alfredo Pacheco<\/strong> and Ricardo de los Santos,<\/strong> presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, respectively, whom he recognized for their work in search of legislative consensus.\n\nYayo Sanz Lovat\u00f3n underlined that the new code<\/strong> would allow to typify and sanction crimes that today do not have adequate coverage in the current legislation, such as femicide, contract killing, school bullying, cybercrimes and pyramid schemes. He also advocated for including in the discussion aspects related to the criminal liability of companies, unfair competition, and tax and customs evasion.\n\n\n

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“The project can contribute to giving greater coherence to the penal system, sending a clear message to organized crime that disguises itself as commerce, and fostering better business practices with severe sanctions for deviant behavior,” he stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> <\/strong>Zorrilla affirms that the Penal Code will be approved before the end of the legislature<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although he warned that a modern law alone is not enough \u2014if it is not accompanied by proper implementation, resources, and institutional will\u2014, Sanz Lovat\u00f3n maintained that the Penal Code is a key piece to guarantee justice and citizen security<\/strong>. \u201cA law without vehicles is like a road without traffic\u201d, he illustrated.<\/p>\n\n\nFinally, the also lawyer reiterated that the PRM has a “historic opportunity to marry glory,” assuming the commitment to this citizen cause. “It’s time to act with a vision of the State and institutional responsibility,” he concluded.\n\n\n

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Santo Domingo. \u2013 The Director General of Customs and National Secretary of Finance of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Eduardo Sanz Lovat\u00f3n, called for the approval of the new Penal Code of the Dominican Republic, calling its adoption a “historical urgency” to strengthen the rule of law, confront modern crime, and close legal loopholes. Sanz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":473020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[41205,19939],"class_list":["post-473019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-penal-code","tag-yayo-sanz-lovaton"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1Z3l","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-2025-06-26T100708.602.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-2025-06-26T100708.602.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}