Africa-Press – Angola. Seventy-three (73) inmates, military and police, who were serving sentences ranging from three months to two years, were set free, Thursday, under the amnesty law.
These are inmates serving sentences at the Preventive Penitentiary, in the municipality of Cacongo, in Cabinda.
Among the released prisoners are captains, sergeants and sub-chiefs of different units of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA).
The list of prisoners released also includes sub-chiefs and soldiers of the National Police. Of the crimes committed by them are desertion, indecent conduct, loss and deterioration of military goods.
The act of delivering the releases, which took place at that prison institution, in Vila de Lândana/Cacongo, was attended by the Deputy Governor of Cabinda for the Economic Sector, Macário Lembe.
On the occasion, the person in charge reminded the ex-prisoners that military laws must be rigorously complied with.
He referred that the military must be exemplary, above all, in complying with superior guidelines and in obedience to the laws and the military hierarchy.
The Amnesty Amnesty Law stipulates that prisoners now released
must, within ten days, report to their respective units.
According to the Diploma, if they exceed this period, they may incur the crime of desertion with a penalty of more than two years in prison.
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