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Professionals from the Bar Association and self-convened demonstrated this Friday against the draft law on compulsory membership that promotes the ruling party in the Chaco Parliament. At a press conference from the Casa de las Culturas, and together with professionals also from the interior of the province, they declared themselves “in a permanent fight against the compulsory and elitist compulsory membership project that they want to implement in the province of Chaco.” “We have asked, through all means, by all voices, that the legislative body be serious, that the Constitution be respected, Article 15, paragraph 3, where this type of issue is expressly prohibited,” they stated from the entity.
“The exercise of the law, the lawyer and the attorney in the province of Chaco must be free,” they urged. “Deputies, once again today, as every Friday from here on, we are going to do so firm and present, we ask that you respect the Constitution, be serious, be suitable for the position you hold, withdraw the mandatory membership project that it violates constitutionality, legal security in our province of Chaco ”, they ratified.
They also defended Law 2275 b, regulating the practice of lawyers and attorneys in the province, sanctioned in 2014 and in force today, which, in the case of female professionals, also contemplates “a suspension of terms or periods in the case of maternity and breastfeeding ”. “The sanction of this law implied an advance in Latin America since other legislations do not contemplate it. It constitutes an acquired right for lawyers and prosecutors and, in relation to access to justice, let us think of this vulnerable age group, the women of our society who do not have sufficient economic capacity to face the expenses of a trial, such as the issue of claim for food for their minor children or of judicial guardianship ”, they maintained. “We ask for rights for all, for those of us who are lawyers and attorneys and for our clients who are not as well.”
“The only way to get out of this situation is to continue fighting for the full validity of Law 2275 b, overcoming the archaic collegiate system that responds to a movement that occurs in Latin America against collegiate corporations whose only objective is to collect and dominate, not to defend the interests of professionals “, they deepened.
“Our registration is in charge of the Superior Court of Justice, we are assistants of justice. We have a court of ethics for the offenses we commit. Anyone who is in the professional practice knows that a system of this nature makes the activity completely expensive, it implies a total manipulation system for the affiliates. For society, it would be extremely serious if this system is established, since it provides for payments by cause and by intervening lawyer, which would lead to the creation of a fund of more than $ 700 million annually. Imagine the power center we are talking about. That is why many people are interested in having this sanctioned, but the lawyers who practice the profession and fight for the rights of the people are totally opposed, “they said.
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