Several institutions object to plan to widen border guards' powers to use firearms

Several institutions are objecting to the wording of amendments drafted by the Interior Ministry (IeM) that aim to widen the rights of border guards to use firearms, TVNET reports.

The amendments proposed by the ministry would give border guards broader options for using firearms than they have had until now. It is this proposal, in the version put forward by the ministry, that several institutions have not backed.

The available information does not specify which institutions are objecting, what exact objections they have raised, or in which situations border guards would be allowed to use firearms under the new rules. Nor is there information yet on how the further progress of the amendments might affect the ministry's plans.