Africa-Press – Angola. The proposal aims to grant amnesty to common or military crimes with prison sentences of up to ten years, committed by nationals or foreigners in the last seven years, except for embezzlement and money laundering.
Parliament will vote on the proposed Amnesty Law on the 24th, after being approved at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. Yesterday, the specialized commissions of the National Assembly prepared the diploma that is now ready to be discussed and voted on in general in a plenary meeting.
The document also says that it will grant amnesty to all common crimes with a prison sentence of up to ten years, committed by national or foreign citizens, with some exceptions in the types of crimes, including embezzlement and money laundering.
The law also proposes amnesty for military crimes punishable with a prison sentence of up to ten years, with the exception of intentional crimes, committed with violence and which resulted in death.
MPLA deputy Lurdes Caposso highlighted the fact that the law provides for the pardon of some crimes and guaranteed that the deputies are prepared to discuss the pertinence of the diploma and know “why only 12 crimes are excepted and the others are amnesty”, since that “all these details” will be discussed in the specialty.
The deputies, he said, will also discuss the impact of the Law on Family Life.
Manuel Fonseca, from UNITA, said that, as a first step, the proposed law provides for amnesty for cases already convicted and also those in which cases are pending before the judicial authorities.
He underlined that the MPs of the UNITA Parliamentary Group will contribute to the improvement of the document.
Tribute to deputies
The president of the MPLA Parliamentary Group, Virgílio de Fontes Pereira, defended, yesterday, the delivery and unity of the active and outgoing deputies for the rescue of the qualified majority in the next elections.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the MPLA’s first parliamentary days for the V Legislature, which culminated in the homage of 75 outgoing deputies, six of whom were posthumous, Virgílio de Fontes Pereira said he hoped that they would provide the necessary advice to improve the performance of the Parliamentary Group.
He considered that the end of the mandate is inevitable, for several reasons, but it does not mean the end of militancy, nor the bond with the Parliamentary Group and the party.
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