This sounds like something they would do in a nanny state like Europe or U.S., make criminal records unavailable except to police. The last administration did just that making records available only to law enforcement. An employer could not look into the criminal background of a prospective employee. He/she may have been convicted of embezzlement or worse, but as far as you the employer were concerned, it never happened. That is about to change as this administration has started the process to make the records available to employers. Although I am sure there are those who say they have paid there debt to society and should have a clean slate, I would ask, would you feel that way if you were hiring a maid, baby sitter or gardener and he or she had been convicted of child abuse, rape, home invasion or murder?
Isidro Rodriguez
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Members of the Committee on Interior and Justice National Assembly unanimously approved on first reading, the bill submitted by the Ministry of Government and Justice to amend certain sections of Act 69 of 2007 which allows access to the criminal background information (criminal record).
This information will be issued by the Directorate of Judicial Investigation (DIJ) of the National Police, through a certificate of criminal record information.
During the administration of Mireya Moscoso was issued Law 66 of 2001, which quashed the possibility that that the former Judicial Police to provide copies of criminal records and police to anyone who requests.
MODIFICATIONS
Initially, the project is now set to debate policing records could be requested by all persons interested in knowing the criminal history of an individual. However, the project changed and now this information is only the owner can ask the competent authorities and natural or legal persons concerned, as prospective employers, with prior authorization from the owner.
It was also established that the issue of criminal record for job applications will be free of charge.
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