Criminal Procedures Code Bill Ten Years to Amend One Article Ten Days to Amend and Pass the Entire Law

 Criminal Procedures Code Bill:

Ten Years to Amend One Article,

Ten Days to Amend and Pass the Entire Law

 

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) expresses its deep dissatisfaction and concern with the behavior of the Legislative Committee in the Parliament, which is represented in its insistence on issuing and amending all articles of the Criminal Procedures Code in a few days, rejecting all calls for public dialogue that is commensurate with the size and seriousness of the procedural legitimacy law, as it is a general law that affects the rights of all citizens and not specific professional categories.

The Center notes that the same Legislative Committee had a full 10 years to amend one article in the Procedures Code, which was a constitutional entitlement for citizens related to their right to appeal criminal rulings, and which was amended in the last week of the 10-year period set by the Constitution, after the Center issued a statement warning of the need to adhere to constitutional deadlines. The amendment was actually issued on the last day of the constitutional period, January 17, 2024, by Law No. 1 of 2024.

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