Parliament rejects bill proposing enforcement of death penalty by hanging
25 Jun 2013, 5:49 PM
Additional reporting by Neil Merrett
Parliament on Monday rejected 26-18 with no abstentions a bill proposed by government-aligned Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) MP Riyaz Rasheed to implement the death penalty by hanging.
The death penalty legislation was put to a vote to decide whether or not to proceed with the bill at committee stage.
Presenting the bill at a sitting earlier this month, the MP for Vilufushi said the legislation proposed implementing the death penalty by hanging if the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence passed by a lower court.
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