March 29, 2014 Saturday
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian People's Party said in a statement Saturday that it opposes Hamas' attempts to change the penal code in the Gaza Strip.
The Hamas movement that governs Gaza is attempting to impose a new penal code on the Strip, one that is inconsistent with basic the Palestinian law that has been applicable in the West Bank and Gaza since 1936, the PPP statement said.
Citing comments from the secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza and the chief of the council's legal committee, the PPP said that Hamas-affiliated lawyers were preparing to replace the 1936 penal code with a new one.
"Hamas and its parliamentarian bloc do not have the right to pass such a law in the name of the Palestinian parliament," the PPP statement said, adding that changing the penal code in Gaza would further divide Fatah and Hamas.
A legal adviser from the Palestinian human rights organization al-Haq said that the new penal code in Gaza would include regulations from Shariah law.
Source: Ma'an News Agency.
Link: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=685656.
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian People's Party said in a statement Saturday that it opposes Hamas' attempts to change the penal code in the Gaza Strip.
The Hamas movement that governs Gaza is attempting to impose a new penal code on the Strip, one that is inconsistent with basic the Palestinian law that has been applicable in the West Bank and Gaza since 1936, the PPP statement said.
Citing comments from the secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza and the chief of the council's legal committee, the PPP said that Hamas-affiliated lawyers were preparing to replace the 1936 penal code with a new one.
"Hamas and its parliamentarian bloc do not have the right to pass such a law in the name of the Palestinian parliament," the PPP statement said, adding that changing the penal code in Gaza would further divide Fatah and Hamas.
A legal adviser from the Palestinian human rights organization al-Haq said that the new penal code in Gaza would include regulations from Shariah law.
Source: Ma'an News Agency.
Link: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=685656.
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