Junt* President Pinochet'sf an end to the year old "State of War"appeared to have significant juridical The shiftState ofnternal Defense" has, however, turned out to be one of form rather than substance.
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had been underState of far"State of Siege." The latter was declared onnd the following day the junta decreed that it was to be interpreted as equivalentState of War." imple end to the "State of War" would have rendered wartime provisions of the military justice code inoperative and made less severe peacetimeas those calling for civil court review of court martial verdicts
Two Decree Lews issued in conjunction with Pinochet'a announcement, however,ew nine-level hierarchy of states ofaccompanyingdeclared effective athat maintains the strict wartime code provisions
The "change" from "State of War and Siege* to "State ofnternal Defense" seems to have been designedomestic psychological boost, and for propaganda and political impact abroad. The new emergency state structure doeseady-made framework for an orderly easing of certain internal security measures, however, when theelf-conildent fnough to rr-Ake substantive changas.
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