Post by sclcookie on Jun 1, 2006 15:53:33 GMT -5
Health Minister Rath supports death penalty
Health Minister David Rath who is the election leader of the senior
governing Social Democrats (CSSD) in Prague supports the reintroduction of
death penalty in the Czech Republic, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes in
its Prague edition today.
Before the June 2-3 elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the daily put
ten questions to each of the Prague election leaders of the five parties
that have a chance of entering the lower parliamentary house, with one of
the questions concerning the death penalty.
Rath was the only of the 5 election leaders to answer affirmatively when
asked whether the death penalty should be reintroduced in the Czech
Republic due to such people as the perpetrator of a recent series of
murders without motives in Czech forests that stirred the public opinion.
The Prague election leaders of the senior opposition Civic Democrats
(ODS), the Communists (KSCM), the Greens and the Christian Democrats
(KDU-CSL) answered negatively.
The death penalty was abolished in the former Czechoslovakia in 1990.
Sentences of 15 to 25 years in prison and life imprisonment are considered
exceptional punishments.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms that is part of the Czech
Constitution bans the reinstallation of the death penalty.
(source: Czech Happenings)
Health Minister David Rath who is the election leader of the senior
governing Social Democrats (CSSD) in Prague supports the reintroduction of
death penalty in the Czech Republic, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes in
its Prague edition today.
Before the June 2-3 elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the daily put
ten questions to each of the Prague election leaders of the five parties
that have a chance of entering the lower parliamentary house, with one of
the questions concerning the death penalty.
Rath was the only of the 5 election leaders to answer affirmatively when
asked whether the death penalty should be reintroduced in the Czech
Republic due to such people as the perpetrator of a recent series of
murders without motives in Czech forests that stirred the public opinion.
The Prague election leaders of the senior opposition Civic Democrats
(ODS), the Communists (KSCM), the Greens and the Christian Democrats
(KDU-CSL) answered negatively.
The death penalty was abolished in the former Czechoslovakia in 1990.
Sentences of 15 to 25 years in prison and life imprisonment are considered
exceptional punishments.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms that is part of the Czech
Constitution bans the reinstallation of the death penalty.
(source: Czech Happenings)