The President of Peru Pedro Castillo on Saturday announced that the Peruvian Government is considering drastic measures such as the implementation of mandatory chemical castration for rapists of minors, teenagers, and women, Report informs via Andina.
Following the case of sexual assault of a 3-year-old girl in the city of Chiclayo, which has shocked the nation, the Head of State said that sexual abuse against minors will not go unpunished, affirming that multisectoral work will be strengthened to prevent and eradicate it.
"Enough of so much violence, crimes of sexual violence against boys and girls will not be tolerated by this Government, nor will they go unpunished. The pain of this family is also ours, I am outraged by such cruelty," the president commented.
"This atrocious and inhumane act leads to great reflection as a country to adopt more severe State public policies that safeguard the human rights of the most defenseless people, meaning our boys and girls, and chemical castration is an option; we cannot wait any longer," Castillo added.
The top dignitary remarked that this measure should be included in the Criminal Code and that the approval of the Congress of the Republic is required to determine its legality, as has been done in countries like Russia, the United States (in seven states), Poland, South Korea, Indonesia, and Moldova, where it is already implemented.