Those who attended the hearing at Tendai Community Hall in
Chipadze demanded that the death penalty be effected on parliamentarians,
public office heads and ministers who loot national resources for self
agrandisement.
Speaker after speaker said the removal of the death penalty
would actually perpetuate dangerous crimes, with criminals knowing they would
not be hanged.
The hearings started on Monday across nine provinces,
including in Mashonaland Central.
The Death Penalty Abolition Bill was gazetted last year.
The Bill is set to amend the Criminal Law Code and the
Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act.
It was brought to Parliament by Dzivarasekwa legislator,
Edwin Mushoriwa, as a private member’s Bill.
Other towns that held the hearings last week were Kadoma,
Gweru, Bulawayo, Lupane, Filabusi, Harare, Marondera, Mutare and Masvingo.
“The hearings aim to engage stakeholders, gather
perspectives and guide potential legal reforms regarding three Bills currently
before Parliament.”
In February, Cabinet approved the principles to the Bill
that seek to abolish capital punishment, which is expected to make its passage
in Parliament smooth. NEW ZIANA
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