Mps Support Bill To Allow Appeal In Final Verdicts In Criminal Cases

The parliament approved, during a session held on Wednesday, a bill amending the criminal prosecution law whereby appealing final verdicts is permissible in some criminal cases. Up to 51 MPs, attending today’s session that came on heels of yesterday’s session during which two government officials were grilled, voted in favor of the legal draft law, with one against, out of the total 52 attending legislators.

The lawmakers’ conducted the voting after discussing some provisions of the Law 17/1960 on criminal law and proceedings. Moreover, the MPs voted in favor of a bill stipulating issuance of a law intended to bring judges and public prosecutors into account for irregularities or breaching laws. They also blessed another bill with respect of licenses’ issuance for individuals and companies “in a fashion intended to stay abreast of digital evolution.”

Meanwhile, the MPs also agreed to a separate bill amending the social security law, lowering monthly payments for retirees from 25 to 15 percent. First article of the draft law says a retiree is entitled to request payment of a sum seven times his net retirement payment while being compelled to pay back at a proportion of 15 percent of his net monthly salary.

Moreover, the MPs also supported a bill delaying collection of due installments of the defaulters and family support funds for six months effective the first due tranche for April 2020. An affiliate memo of the bill notes response of the ministry of finance to His Highness the Amir desire to sooth financial burden affecting citizens as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and its ramifications at various levels.

 

SOURCE : THETIMES

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