The author is a lawyer and journalist. He lives in Santo Domingo.
La Romana’s lawyer, Carol Morla Rodríguez, was arrested by police officers, violating traffic laws and committing crimes such as disobedience, contempt, resistance and outrage against authority, which are often committed in countries such as the Dominican Republic. A republic where every citizen is believed to be above the law
Morla Rodríguez alleges that she was assaulted, arrested and handcuffed by police officers on Thursday, June 15, at 11 p.m. when she said she was returning from a public ministry assignment. Young Advocate, Act no. 63-17, traffic and land traffic violation, when found driving without a license plate, ordered to be detained by police patrol. , who is a member of the Judiciary.
According to a video and her own statements, she disobeyed police officers, continued driving and chose to park in front of a police station, where several agents told her she could not stop. Move the vehicle
In her misbehaviour, with disobedience, threats and rage against certain police officers, the representative acted improperly, even though he had the authority to order her to do things and obey her demands.
Seeing the young woman’s arrogance, a police officer had no choice but to order her arrest. By his actions, in addition to violating Law 63-17, he violated several articles of the Dominican Penal Code, among them, 209, which deals with the crimes of resistance, disobedience and contempt, and 222, which punishes outrage against authority.
Contempt, according to our legal system, occurs when an authority, whether administrative or judicial or of any purpose, is insulted or threatened in the exercise of its functions, or disobedience to an order or specific instruction of that authority.
Some laws also call this offense disobedience to authority, which is when there is an order given directly by a competent agent that the offender must obey, but refuses to do so.
The An order to do or not to do something must be given within the framework of the functions of the acting officer, i.e., it must have concrete and achievable content.
In other countries, such as Spain, this violation is known as an attack against authority. Article 550 establishes: Whoever assaults the authority, its agents or public officers, or uses force against them, seriously threatens them or seriously resists them, in the exercise of their offices or when they are acting on occasion, are guilty of assault. ”.
On October 6, 1982 the Supreme Court of that country through its judgments; February 14, 1983 and January 20, 1997, states that the legal right protected in this type of crime is the principle of power. That is, the authority he represents is protected rather than the person of the police officer.
Therefore, as per laws and jurisprudence, it is necessary that the prosecutor concerned should be brought to justice for the offenses of disobedience, contempt, resistance and outrage against authority. .to all, not only to protect the police agents, but also the authority they represent, otherwise this country will continue to be a jungle where they break the law and do whatever they want.
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