The hope that the proposal for a law to introduce female infanticide as a separate offence will be supported in the Plenary, in the Law on the Prevention and Combating of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, Speaker of the Parliament,[C] Anita Demetriou, expressed on Wednesday.
The bill is expected to be brought to the plenary for a vote in 15 days.
Responding to a question during an event at the Parliament on World Children's Day, Demetriou, who is also the proposer of the bill, said that the text was for placement in the relevant committee and, after all the different opinions have been approached, the final text will go to the plenary session where all parties will take a position.
"I wish and hope that this law proposal will be supported, it is a very important initiative for a social phenomenon which is now acceptable," Demetriou added. In this way, she said, the legislator or legislature not only names it but, this fact will count as an additional aggravating factor.
The purpose, she said, is beyond naming and visibility to this phenomenon, to act proactively, conveying to the civil society the corresponding messages.
He added that it is no coincidence that this initiative has already been requested by other parliaments in Europe, "and it is proceeding with the establishment of the specific offence of femicide, and in many other parliaments at the same time".
"Cyprus, on these issues, and this is the message, is leading the way, is leading the way, understands and in this way, just as it did with the criminalisation of sexism, is moving towards the establishment through the law of the Istanbul Convention of this specific offence and, yes, the murder of a woman, because she is a woman, constitutes femicide", she said. Δημητρίου.
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