The French ambassador to Uganda, Jean-Bernard Thiant,...
The French ambassador to Uganda, Jean-Bernard Thiant, said the French government wants Uganda to abolish the death penalty
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The French ambassador to Uganda, Jean-Bernard Thiant, said the French government wants Uganda to abolish the death penalty.
He said whereas the penalty was "normal and constitutional" in Uganda, his government was encouraging all countries that still use the death penalty to stop.
Thiant was responding to the hasty execution by firing squad of two UPDF soldiers for the murder in Karamoja of the Irish priest Fr. Declan O'Toole. Cpl. James Omidio and Pte. Abdalla Mohammed were convicted by a field court martial and executed on March 25.
"Our problem is not the killing of the soldiers. We, together with the European Union (EU) are against the death penalty as a means of punishment," Thiant said.
"When president Yoweri Museveni invited the EU delegates to his camp in Moroto after the executions, we (France) expressed our unease over the death penalty," he added.
However, Thiant said the decision on whether to maintain or lift the penalty rested with Ugandans.
He said whereas the penalty was "normal and constitutional" in Uganda, his government was encouraging all countries that still use the death penalty to stop.
Thiant was responding to the hasty execution by firing squad of two UPDF soldiers for the murder in Karamoja of the Irish priest Fr. Declan O'Toole. Cpl. James Omidio and Pte. Abdalla Mohammed were convicted by a field court martial and executed on March 25.
"Our problem is not the killing of the soldiers. We, together with the European Union (EU) are against the death penalty as a means of punishment," Thiant said.
"When president Yoweri Museveni invited the EU delegates to his camp in Moroto after the executions, we (France) expressed our unease over the death penalty," he added.
However, Thiant said the decision on whether to maintain or lift the penalty rested with Ugandans.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: New Vision, Africa News Service, 18/04/2002)
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