The Assembly adopts a text to better protect local elected officials against violence. The text also creates a community service penalty in the event of public insults against persons holding public authority.
An aggravating circumstance has been provided for cases of harassment, particularly online, when the victim holds an elective mandate. After the Assembly's alterations to the text adopted in the Senate, the two chambers will now have to agree on a common version. The deputies adopted this Wednesday at first reading a senatorial text aimed at better protecting localelected officials.