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| Minister of Defense Jorge Menendez |
Jorge
Menendez, the Uruguayan Minister of Defense, appeared before Congress on
Wednesday, May 3, 2017, to affirm the agreement between the Executive and
Legislative branches of government to proceed to the reform of military justice
and that criminal offenses committed by active duty members of the Armed
Forces in the line of duty would be investigated by ordinary courts.
The
Executive branch, in November 2015, presented a bill that proposed the
elimination of military justice. The bill provided that military jurisdiction,
both in times of war and peace, would be under the authority of the Judicial
branch of government. The proposal is in
line with Law 18.650, “Framework Law of National Defense,” approved in 2010,
which established the transfer of Military Justice to the authority of the
Judicial branch.
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