Parliament is voting this Monday on a special amnesty proposal for people aged 16 to 30 in connection with World Youth Day (WYD), which no longer includes administrative offenses up to 1,000 euros, such as traffic fines.
The PS has made a proposal to amend the amnesty diploma, which is being discussed this Monday in the commission on constitutional affairs, rights, freedoms and guarantees, in which the state stops, thereby losing the value of fines, as predicted in the original document from the government.
However, the new wording provides for the abolition of additional sanctions related to administrative offenses, the maximum applicable fine of which does not exceed one thousand euros, as well as the granting of amnesty for military disciplinary offenses that are not offenses not covered by this amnesty proposal and against which the sanction applies. does not go beyond disciplinary suspension or imprisonment.
However, the amendments proposed by the PS do not apply to the restriction on applications for young people under 30, despite doubts expressed by various actors and experts about its possible unconstitutionality.
The abolition of the age limit for applying the amnesty was proposed by the PSD, and the Liberal Initiative (IL) defended the absence of an age limit for offenses punishable by a fine of up to one thousand euros.
The PS proposal also included some of the changes that PSD advocated by adding additional crimes to the amnesty exemption such as trafficking in human organs, theft, crimes against national sovereignty and the rule of law, prisoner riots, trade corruption. internationally and in the private sector, against sports truth, subsidy or subsidy fraud, and against children, youth and particularly vulnerable victims.
The proposed law already included exemptions from pardon and amnesty that do not receive benefits, namely those who have committed crimes such as murder, infanticide, domestic violence, abuse, a serious crime against physical integrity, female genital mutilation, a crime against qualified bodily integrity, forced marriage, kidnapping, against sexual freedom and self-determination, extortion, discrimination and incitement to hatred and violence, influence peddling, money laundering or corruption.
The diploma deals with crimes and offenses committed before June 19 by young people between the ages of 16 and 30, which must be accepted in connection with the WDM, which determines a one-year pardon for all sentences up to eight years in prison. The amnesty regime is also provided for criminal offenses, the punishment for which does not exceed one year of imprisonment or 120 days of fine.
The Socialists propose that the law be put into force the next day after its publication, but that it be put into effect only from September 1 due to judicial holidays in the courts.
On this issue, the President of the Republic declined to speak at the end of June and postponed his position until later. “I will wait for the parliament’s position. As you know, this should be a law of the Assembly of the Republic. Typically, in situations such as a pope’s visit, amnesties are granted, which vary greatly. … And so I want to see the final outline of the law and then speak out,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Souza.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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