President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogothis Monday, he signed the abolition of the death penalty, a step that Teodorín, the vice president and president’s son, has described as “historic” for the country.
The measure has been in the drawer since 2014, when the country entered the EU. Portuguese Language Countries Community (CPLP) and to abolish the death penalty, as well as to end torture and extrajudicial detentions by “state bodies”.
The new law dated 4/2022, Penal Code, The law, announced two months before local, legislative and presidential elections, will enter into force 90 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 26 states:In the implementation of penalties, the death penalty has been completely abolished in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.”
The National Parliament of Equatorial Guinea approves the latest first Penal Code August 17, Thus, according to the newspaper ‘Real Equatorial Guinea’, the 1963 Spanish regulations used in the country were ended.
Portugal initially opposed Equatorial Guinea’s participation in the CPLP. speak portuguese –The government approved in 2010 the declaration of this language as the country’s third official language, as it is a “dictatorial regime” in which “the death penalty and violation of Human Rights” continues to exist.
Source: Informacion
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