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Morocco’s king Expelled High Commissioner of the direction of penitentiary and prisons from his office and revokes pardon for Spanish pedophile after protests
Following the investigation He has ordered late Saturday, the King of Morocco, has Expelled High Commissioner of the direction of penitentiary and prisons, Hafid Benhachem, from his office according to a statement announced by the Royal cabinet Monday.
“The investigation concluded that the said administration, when it was requested by the Royal Cabinet, transmitted inadvertently erroneous criminal circumstances of the applicant information,” the statement said.
Morocco’s king has decided also to revoke on Sunday the pardon of the convicted Spanish pedophile because of the gravity of the crimes he committed.
“King Mohammed VI has decided to withdraw the pardon previously accorded to Daniel Galvan Vina,” the royal office announced on Sunday.
The statement said the “exceptional revocation” was ordered by the king because of the “gravity of the crimes committed by the person concerned, as well as out of respect for victims’ rights.”
Galvan was convicted of raping 11 Moroccan children and sentenced 30 years in prison in September 2011. The children ranged in age from 4 to 14.
Galvan was arrested in December 2010 after he was found with CDs and external storage units containing pornographic images of him raping children.
It was unclear whether Galvan had left the country but the king has ordered the Minister of Justice to discuss with his Spanish counterpart about the actions that would follow the revocation of the pardon.
On Friday, hundreds of angry demonstrators protested in front of the Parliament building in Rabat, the capital.
In a prevous statement posted on saturday, the Royal cabinet has evidently clarified that the king had not been informed of the details about the case.
The king “has not been informed on all gravity of the despicable crimes committed by this person,” the statement said. The monarchy also said that it will investigate what led to Galvan’s release.
