فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
Rabat – The Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, Head of the Public Prosecution, Mr. El Hassan Daki, stated today, Wednesday in Rabat, that alternative penalties embody the evolution of the concept of punishment from merely a means of deterrence to a tool for reform and rehabilitation.
In a speech during the national communication meeting on Law No. 43.22 concerning alternative penalties, organized by the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, Mr. Daki emphasized that the effective implementation of alternative measures or penalties to custodial sentences is a necessary measure of the efficiency and effectiveness of criminal justice in combating crime. He explained that the aim of these penalties is “to make the lawbreaker feel the seriousness of their crime while simultaneously maintaining their sense of integration into society through their involvement in the execution of alternative penalties as stipulated by law.”
The Head of the Public Prosecution pointed out that this meeting, held under the theme “The Judiciary Serving Integration: An Applied Reading in the Paths of Activating Alternative Penalties,” comes within the framework of the judiciary’s preparation to establish a foundation that ensures the smooth implementation of the new provisions introduced by this law, which reflects the positive development witnessed by penal policy in Morocco.
Mr. Daki highlighted that Law No. 43.22 concerning alternative penalties provides a set of proposed solutions to overcome the negative effects of custodial sentences and also serves as an opportunity for those who have violated the law to reconsider the nature of their behavior with a view to playing their expected roles within society.
He added that this law introduces new provisions incorporated into the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, considering it an ambitious legislative text that embodies the high royal will to reform criminal justice and align its work with the spirit of the Constitution and internationally adopted standards through the adoption of a new integrated and comprehensive approach that goes beyond the total reliance on custodial sentences.
It is noted that the aforementioned law defines alternative penalties as penalties that are ordered as a substitute for custodial sentences in misdemeanors for which the sentence imposed does not exceed five years of effective imprisonment. The law specifies these penalties in four main categories: work for the public benefit, electronic monitoring, restriction of certain rights or imposition of supervisory, therapeutic, or rehabilitative measures,1 and the daily fine.
The program of this communication meeting includes two scientific sessions, the first focusing on the conceptual framework of alternative penalties between legal text and judicial interpretation, while the second addresses the implementation of alternative penalties between realistic challenges and the integration of institutional roles.
