Africa-Press – Angola. The process regarding the withdrawal of immunities from deputy Nuno Dala, from the UNITA Parliamentary Group, is being processed by the Commission on Mandates, Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum of the National Assembly (AN), which will make it public after its conclusion.
The information was provided this Wednesday by the president of the 9th Commission of the AN, Sérgio Leonardo Vaz, on the sidelines of the workshop on Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum addressed to AN deputies.
“The case of deputy Nuno Dala is being processed by the Parliamentary Ethics and Decorum Committee and, in due course, will be communicated”, said the president of this parliamentary committee, without providing further details.
The Supreme Court (TS) recently confirmed that it had sent AN a request to withdraw immunities from deputy Nuno Álvaro Dala, for an alleged crime against honor, namely slanderous accusation, insult and defamation.
According to the process, held by the Public Ministry (MP), Francisco Capita and Nuno Álvaro Dala were cited, as a result of several attacks they allegedly made, in 2020, against the national justice system on social media.
The MP participated and instructed the case which he sent to the TS and, in accordance with the legal procedure, depending on the quality of the defendant, the immunities were withdrawn before the trial began.
By the way, the UNITA Parliamentary Group made its Legal Advice available to deputy Nuno Álvaro Dala to, within the framework of the law, monitor the process and support the lawyers of the cause in defending democratic legality.
Under the terms of the Constitution, if there is an order of pronouncement, the AN Plenary must decide on the suspension of the legislator’s mandate and withdrawal of immunities, for the purposes of continuing the process.
Deputy Sérgio Leonadro also confirmed the existence of two disciplinary processes involving deputies who are being processed by the committee he heads, whose names he did not reveal.
Appeal to urbanity in parliamentary debate
According to the president of the 9th commission of the AN, when fulfilling their mandate, deputies must always be guided by principles of ethics and decorum and, above all, urbanity in parliamentary debate.
He noted that Parliament is a multi-party body where debate is very intense, “but it must always be based on ethics, decorum and civility”.
He acknowledged that, at times, ethics and decorum have been lacking in parliamentary debate, “that is why we organized this training activity for deputies, to observe ethics, decorum and civility”.
He added that the debate of political ideas can lead to excesses and, in the event that any deputy or citizen feels injured by an intervention, they have the right to file a complaint with the Committee on Mandates and Parliamentary Decorum which will apply, if necessary, the measures provided for in the code of ethics and decorum
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