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| Alexander Arnakis... |
 Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:24 pm |
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http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100002_24/10/2009_111847
¡Hoodies law¢ is to be scrapped
As part of changes in public order, PASOK set to repeal stiff terms
for offenders concealing faces
In a move that came 24 hours after the police chief was sacked and
which signals a further break from the previous government¢s law and
order policy, PASOK indicated it would scrap a law that imposes stiff
sentences for anyone committing a crime while concealing their face.
Citizens¢ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis and Justice
Minister Haris Kastanidis recommended to the Cabinet yesterday that
the law passed by New Democracy earlier this year, which deems wearing
a hood or masking one¢s face as an aggravating factor in public order
offenses, should be repealed.
The law came into effect a few months after large-scale rioting in
central Athens followed the shooting on December 6 of teenager Alexis
Grigoropoulos by a police officer.
Three people arrested last Saturday during a protest over the death of
an immigrant shortly after being released from police custody became
the first to be charged under the "hoodies law."
It is expected that there will be more protests on the anniversary of
Grigoropoulos¢s death but Chrysochoidis said that the government would
not tolerate more violence. The two policemen charged in connection
with the teenager¢s shooting are due to go on trial on December 15.
Chrysochoidis said that he had ordered police to stamp out violence in
central Athens but accepted they went too far on Wednesday night when,
during a wider operation, they arrested members of the Coalition of
the Radical Left (SYRIZA) that were attending a book launch.
Police chief Vassilis Tsiatouras was sacked as a result. His
replacement is due to be named on Monday or Tuesday. Chrysochoidis
said that he would have made changes in the force anyway. "I do not
like firing people but after returning to the ministry six years on
from my previous tenure, I am shocked and concerned," he said. |
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