President Waheed commutes sentences of 35 convicts, approves lump sum payment for ministers
08 Nov 2013, 2:13 PM
President Dr Mohamed Waheed has commuted the sentences of 35 convicts under authority granted by the Clemency Act of 2009 and approved a lump sum payment of three months’ wages for cabinet ministers.
President Waheed exercised the executive power on the last official working day of his administration before the end of the current presidential term on Monday, November 11.
The President’s Office revealed in a statement that Waheed had commuted the sentences of persons banished, serving jail sentences or under house arrest “with conditions.”
Details of the convicts, the conditions and the reduced sentences were not disclosed.
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