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Alfredo Pacheco / Camara de Diputados

Alfredo Pacheco, the long-standing president of the Chamber of Deputies, is optimistic the Penal Code will be passed in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, 30 July 2025.

At the request of the legislators, President Luis Abinader issued Decree 409-25 that has extended the legislature through 5 August 2025 that concluded on 26 July 2025. The next legislature sessions are scheduled for 16 August.

The Chamber of Deputies had created a short special committee of six deputies to present recommendations for amendments to the Penal Code bill as received from the Senate.

The Chamber of Deputies invited the participation of members of the Attorney General Office (Procuraduria General de la República), the National Police and the Public Defendor’s Office (Defensoría Pública). Pacheco said the committee has issued its concluding...