In July, a political debate on the question of the...

In July, a political debate on the question of the death penalty was generated by the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the ratification of Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. Members of the Republican Party, who were in favor of the death penalty, had called for a referendum as a condition for the ratification of Protocol No. 6.