Luanda – The National Assembly began this week working on a bill that criminalizes acts of vandalism carried out in the ambit of public political acts, chiefly when damage is caused to state property or services.
According to the secretary of State for Technical Supplies of the Home Affairs Ministry, Carlos Albino, polical rallies in which vandalism erupts, there will be criminal accountability of the perpetrators.
The official was speaking at the National Assembly (parliament) in the ambit of the referred bill, at a parliamentary specialty committe.
“We are making clear that in a political act that brings about vandalism, its perpetrators will be held accountable”, he stressed.
He exemplified by saying that if people make barricades on a road or railway they are not directly attacking a property, but they would be blocking the execution of such service.
According to the secretary of State, regardless of each political party’s position, it is clear that the preservation of public interest is at stake, which is a concern both for the Executive and the MPs.
The Executive is proposing a penalty of up to 25 years in prison for acts of vandalism on public property, aiming at curbing the growing trend of such acts in recent years.
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