Deputies enable revision of the Code of Criminal Procedure

The Committee on Constitutional Affairs,Human Rights and Legality already has a mandate to revise the Code of Criminal Procedure (CPP). It is an essential tool for the application of the new Penal Code, adopted in 2014, during the eighth legislature.In fact, the lack of an updated CPP is creating difficulties in implementing the new Criminal Code,which,although reflects the reality of the country,lacks regulations to effectively respond to the needs of the population.It was no accident that the three parliamentary groups in particular Frelimo, Renamo and MDM approved by consensus the resolution empowering the First Committee to review the CPP, a legacy of the colonial period.Frelimo and Renamo, however,suggest the extension of the period - September to December 2016 - for the specialized committee to present to the plenary the draft revision of the Criminal Procedure Code.Just yesterday,deputies mandated the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Human Rights and Legality to revise the Code of Execution of Penalties and custodial and non-custodial measures of Liberty. This is a code regulating the application of penalties and alternative measures to prison, whose law was passed by Parliament last year

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