While she is greatly praised in La Plata, some human rights advocates still claim that La Plata's method of justice is too absurd and backwards for any nation to claim to be a developed one. Her government has confirmed that the modernization of La Plata was necessary for its time, and that she otherwise does not wish to make any more sudden changes. This has caused mass allegations against the monarch, but the use of extreme punishment for crimes in La Plata has existed since its colonial era.