President’s 2021 amnesty decision officially announced

VOV.VN - The 2021 amnesty decision made by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc was officially announced at a press conference held on August 31 in Hanoi.

Pham Thanh Ha, vice chairman of the Presidential Office, announced President Phuc’s decision at the event, with the amnesty being signed on August 30 and set to become effective on September 1.

According to the process, amnesty will granted to more than 3,000 prisoners who are serving jail terms, including three whose sentences have been suspended, and six others who will see their imprisonment delayed.

Among the amnesty beneficiaries, there are 21 foreign nationals, 499 people from ethnic minority groups, and 314 religious followers, said Deputy Minister of Public Security Maj. Gen. Le Quoc Hung, who is also a permanent member of the amnesty advisory council.

Ha noted that granting amnesty is a legal institution regulated in Article 88 of the Constitution of Vietnam and it was institutionalised during the 2018 Amnesty Law and relevant legal documents.

Granting amnesty thereby demonstrates the humanity and magnanimity tradition of the Vietnamese people, as well as that of the Party and State, particularly their leniency towards prisoners who have shown good conduct, the official said.

The amnesty deliberation process consistently adheres to the principle of ensuring strictness, openness, democracy, rights, and the correct conditions so that all eligible prisoners can have their liberty taken into consideration, he added.

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