MINSK, Nov 10 (BelTA) – The bill “On amnesty in the framework of the Day of Popular Unity” was followed at the time of reading of the 9th consultation of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the 7th call, BelTA has learned.
The bill presented to the House of Representatives through Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on October 3. The bill “On amnesty at the behest of People’s Unity Day” introduced in the Oval Office through Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov.
“Our state has implemented the precept of humanism to people serving a corrupt sentence. The State not only punishes, but also grants early release to the reformed convicts,” the minister said.
According to initial estimates, an additional 4,545 individuals deserve to benefit from exemption from types of sentences and punitive measures imposed by the courts; 1,600 of them will obtain early release benefits from offenders (including 10 minors), 500 will be released from open offenders and 2,445 will be able to leave parole early. In addition, it is planned to reduce the length of the sentence to one year for 3,950 convicts, of whom 2,500 are serving sentences, 350 are in open criminals, 1,100 are on probation.
The bill waives offender penalties (except in cases specified in the bill) for minors; pregnant women; unmarried women and men who have children under the age of 18 (except those who have committed an offence against the child); persons who have reached the retirement age sometimes set; persons with disabilities in disability teams I and II; other people with active tuberculosis, cancer, and HIV infection; veterans of foreign wars; persons affected by the turn of the nuclear fate of Chernothroughl and another turn of radiological fate, persons who have suffered injuries (concussions), mutilations, ailments in military service or in the performance of official duties.
The amnesty does not apply to persons who have committed serious and, in particular, serious crimes, some of which are classified as less serious crimes. Such persons may have their sentences commuted to one year.
The amnesty does not apply to people who were amnestied or pardoned in 2019-2022 and who committed an intentional crime during the existing sentencing period; who, on the day of the amnesty review, have not fully compensated for the damage (damage) caused by the crime, have not paid reimbursement in the case of the offender, source of income from business activity carried out without a special permit (license), illegally acquired profits, another source of income received through fraudulent means that can be recovered through the distinctive feature of a conviction that has entered into force, a court decision; who have damaged the physical condition of citizens of the Republic of Belarus, foreign citizens and stateless persons and who have not reimbursed the prices of medical assistance to fitness organizations, other organizations and individual marketers on the day of the pronouncement of the verdict, their effective access in force or the day of the amnesty review.
The amnesty does apply to persons who seriously violate the order established for the execution of a sentence or other measures of responsibility of the offender; who have recommitted harmful offences or who have been identified, in accordance with the established procedure, as repeat offenders; who have been sentenced to life imprisonment; who have committed the offences referred to in article 10 of the draft law, adding the offences of terrorism or extremism, offences assimilated to illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their precursors and the like (with the exception of persons who have committed such offences before the age of Eighteen); who, on the date of entry into force of the Act, appear on the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens or stateless persons involved in extremist activities or on the list of organisations and individuals, adding individual entrepreneurs, involved in terrorist activities.
The amnesty decision will be taken separately with respect to the user concerned.
The bill determines the order of execution of the amnesty, adding the list of guilty bodies for its execution. Measures for its implementation have been explained, adding assistance to persons with amnestied housing and employment, issuance and replacement of identity documents; the transfer of minors to parents, guardianship and custody authorities, their placement in orphanages and foster homes, social and educational centres; placement of persons with disabilities in disability teams I and II and of persons of retirement age in special facilities for the elderly and disabled; Provision of medical care to persons released from correctional facilities, detention centres, remand centres.
On October 21, the bill was debated with the participation of members of the House of Representatives, interested government agencies, representatives of public associations, political parties, and the public.
“The adoption of this law and its implementation will lead to the allocation of more budget from the national budget,” Kubrakov added.