President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has issued a directive to amend Algeria's Criminal Code, aiming to introduce the death penalty for individuals found guilty of intentionally starting forest fires. This decisive action follows a series of devastating wildfires that recently resulted in the loss of at least 12 lives across the country. President Tebboune chaired a high-level meeting involving senior civil and military officials to address the extensive damage caused by the blazes and to implement robust preventative measures. The Minister of Justice has been instructed to submit the draft amendments by September 15.<\/p>\n
While capital punishment currently exists within Algerian law, its execution has been suspended since 1993. Under the existing legislative framework, the maximum penalty for arson typically ranges up to 30 years in prison, with life imprisonment possible in specific circumstances. The proposed legislative changes seek to elevate these penalties to capital punishment, which would be carried out after the completion of all standard judicial and appellate processes, underscoring the severity with which such acts will be treated.<\/p>\n
Beyond these punitive measures, investigations are actively underway to identify those responsible for the fires, with authorities having already apprehended a number of individuals. In a comprehensive response to the crisis, President Tebboune also directed that compensation be provided to affected families, that damaged homes be repaired, and that essential services be fully restored in the impacted areas. This approach highlights the government's commitment to both ensuring justice and supporting communities in their recovery efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered amendments to the Criminal Code to introduce the death penalty for individuals convicted of intentionally starting forest fires, following devastating blazes that claimed lives across the country. This directive aims to significantly toughen penalties and enhance national security against such acts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}