The government and opposition have agreed to debate the Capital Offences Bill 2011 on Friday and next Wednesday, with Attorney General Anand Ramlogan opening the debate on Friday.
The bill seeks to amend the Constitution in order to hang persons convicted of the highest degree of murder. It puts the offence in three separate categories.
It requires a special majority to pass, meaning that two opposition members would have to vote in favour of the legislation. In the Senate it would required the support of five members and all the government senators.
The PNM has said it does not oppose the idea but wanted time to study it. Now both sides seem to be in agreement to proceed.
The bill was first created in 2000 under the Panday UNC government.
In addition to execution for murder, it proposes to give the President the power to impose time limits within which a person who is sentenced to death may appeal, or communicate with or consult with any person or body outside of Trinidad and Tobago in relation to the offence or sentence in question.
The bill seeks to amend the Constitution in order to hang persons convicted of the highest degree of murder. It puts the offence in three separate categories.
It requires a special majority to pass, meaning that two opposition members would have to vote in favour of the legislation. In the Senate it would required the support of five members and all the government senators.
The PNM has said it does not oppose the idea but wanted time to study it. Now both sides seem to be in agreement to proceed.
The bill was first created in 2000 under the Panday UNC government.
In addition to execution for murder, it proposes to give the President the power to impose time limits within which a person who is sentenced to death may appeal, or communicate with or consult with any person or body outside of Trinidad and Tobago in relation to the offence or sentence in question.
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