In Argentina, justice minister files supreme court petition asking it to rule Jujuy province constitutional reform unconstitutional

Justice Minister Martín Soria [...] filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking it to rule the recent Jujuy constitutional reform unconstitutional. Jujuy’s new constitution limits the right to protest in the northern province and contains language that Indigenous groups say will hinder them in land rights disputes. The adoption of the reform by the provincial legislature on June 20 led to a fierce police crackdown on protesters, which has been denounced by human rights organizations and prompted the Human Rights Secretariat to file a lawsuit against the local government on Tuesday. In his request, Soria asked the court to annul the provisions of the constitutional reform, arguing that it infringes on rights and guarantees established in the National Constitution, the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, and the American Convention on Human Rights, as well as international treaties. Soria said the reform seeks to “create a legal framework to repress and persecute those who do not agree with economic ideas,” adding: “We’ve seen this film before. Austerity, hunger, misery and repression of the people,” comparing the situation to the protests amid the 2001 financial crisis. Jujuy provincial governor Gerardo Morales, an opposition candidate for vice president on the ticket of Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, tweeted that Soria’s filing was an attempt to “destabilize Jujuy”, adding that reforms such as the one he passed are “what the country needs to leave behind the picket line industry and the extortion that is destroying us.”
Read the full article here: Buenos Aires Herald