Women legislators of Sri Lanka demand to re-impose death penalty
Colombo: Sri Lanka ruling Party legislator Sudharsani Fernandopulle says that 13 female MPs in the parliament will demand for re-implementing the death penalty.
She further stated that many of the female MPs of Sri Lanka parliaments had agreed to it.
She said that collecting of the signatures for a petition requesting the President Mahinda Rajapaksa to allow the death penalty commenced Monday. The petition is to be handed over to the President within the next week.
Sri Lanka has enacted the death sentence for serious crimes but the President who is the final authority for the implementation of death penalty has not warranted it.
The government has earlier said that it is conducting a public opinion poll on the re-imposing of death penalty to evaluate whether the measure would deter the crimes committed on its citizenry.
The government reinstated the death penalty in 2004 for murder, rape and drug trafficking following the murder of a high court judge.
However, since 2000 there are 1,164 death row inmates languishing in jails waiting for execution or a final decision for commutation for execution. Some prisoners on death row at the moment have served over 15 years while waiting for their sentences to be carried out.
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