TIRANA, Jan 23/ATA/- The Committee on Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights has approved today an amendment to new draft law on “Amnesty”.
The Minister of Justice, Etilda Gjonaj, presented today to the MPs of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights details about the new draft law “On Amnesty”.
According to this bill, the amnesty will be granted to men who have received a two year maximum sentence, and women who have received a three year maximum sentence. Meanwhile, those people eligible to benefit from bill are women convicts who are 50 years of age or more and men who are 60 years of age or more.
The draft law on Amnesty will affect all categories sentenced to December 31, 2019. All the participants voted in favor of the postponement of the execution of law on Amnesty until 31.12.2019, while The SP MP, Alket Hyseni abstained.//a.i/
