Algeria: President Tebboune Orders Penal Code Amendment to Introduce Death Penalty With Immediate Execution
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered lawmakers to add capital punishment for arsonists after wildfires killed at least 12 people and displaced thousands.
- On Sunday, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered the drafting of legislation to reinstate the death penalty for arsonists, setting a 15 September deadline for criminal code amendments.
- This directive follows a wave of forest fires that killed at least 12 people last week, sweeping through northern Algeria amid an intense heatwave that displaced thousands.
- Under current law, intentional forest fires carry sentences of up to 30 years or life imprisonment. Authorities recently contained 18 of 19 wildfires that erupted within 24 hours, with more than 100 recorded across the region.
- Tebboune ordered financial compensation and repairs for affected families and essential services. Officials are investigating the damage extent, as the president said he did not rule out foul play.
- While capital punishment remains in Algeria's penal code, no execution has occurred since 1993, raising questions about enforcement. Climate change has intensified recent wildfires, underscoring the scale of the crisis prompting stricter penalties.
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Algeria moves to restore death penalty for deliberate forest fires
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the introduction of the death penalty for deliberately setting forest fires after a recent wave of blazes killed 12 people. The move comes as authorities investigate fires that erupted across several eastern provinces.
Abdel Majid Tebboune said it is possible that the fires, which killed at least twelve people, were deliberately set.
Algeria: President Tebboune Orders Penal Code Amendment to Introduce Death Penalty With Immediate Execution
Algiers -- President of the Republic, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of National Defence Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered on Sunday that the Penal Code be amended before September 15 to establish the death penalty with immediate execution for individuals involved in deliberately setting fires.
Algeria has decreed an official mourning of three days and the cancellation of all cultural festivities and sports competitions after the deadly fires that ravaged the east and north of the country.
After a wave of forest fires in an African country, the president announces changes to the criminal code.
Thirty-three years of moratorium, and Abdelmadjid Tebboune decided to put an end to it. On Sunday, the day after the murderous fires in the east and north of the country, the Algerian president announced the death penalty... The article "There will be execution": Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants to restore the death penalty for the arsonists appeared first on Current Values.
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