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Penal code amendments for more gender equality
15-2-2018
The minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, referred to the cabinet a draft bill to amend some provisions of the Penal Code allowing the perpetrator of any sexual assault against a minor to escape arrest, trial or be exempted from punishment in he marries his victim, and to maximize the penalties against the perpetrator of incest rape. The said legislation also notes, in addition to the changes to Articles 505 and 518 proposed by Ogassapian earlier in August (c.f: http://bit.ly/2Etmarp), the introduction of new amendments to Articles 508, 513 and 514, whereby the term ‘imprisonment’ be replaced by the term ‘arrest’ thus considering the crime a felony and not an offence. Besides, Article 490 related to incestious crime provides for at least 10-year provisional detention and life imprisonment if the felon has a physical or legal custody on his victim.
On the other hand, British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, held on Tuesday a reception for the political parties in the presence of Ogassapian and over 70 women, mostly candidates in the upcoming elections. The event was an occasion to celebrate one hundred years to granting women the right to vote in the United Kingdom. Shorter said that women in Lebanon were given the right to vote back in 1952, but that boosting their political representation requires the readiness of those in power be ready to share that power. “It is time that 50% of the Lebanese population seize 3% of the Legislative,” Shorter said. (L’Orient Le Jour, Al Mustaqbal, February 13, 14, 2018)
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