AMMAN
—
MP Bassam Fayez, chairman of the Lower House
Public Freedoms and Human Rights Committee, clarified that the proposed general amnesty bill submitted to the
Lower House Permanent Office by the committee last month will avoid expanding
exceptions.
اضافة اعلان
According
to
Fayez, the committee did not specify categories or exceptions in the bill,
as it falls under the jurisdiction of the Legislation and Opinion Bureau and
the government when formulating the law, Ammon News reported.
However,
the committee did not rule out the
possibility of exceptions if they are
presented to the council, but it tends to avoid expanding them to avoid issuing
it in a format similar to the special law issued in 2019, which included 23
exceptions.
85
members of council sign the billFayez
had previously stated that the
proposed general amnesty bill was delivered to
the permanent office after being signed by 85 members of the council.
It
is likely that the council will vote on its transfer to the legal committee
before sending it to the
Legislation and Opinion Bureau when it is presented by
the office.
Since
January last year, a group of MPs have been calling for the issuance of a
general amnesty law as a solution to the problem of overcrowding in
rehabilitation centers and improving the services provided to inmates.
As
of May 2022, the occupancy rate of prisons had reached about 140 percent, according
to statements by
Brig. Gen, Ammar Al-Qudah, director of rehabilitation centers.
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