According to Al Jazeera, the UAE government has said that the legal reforms are in fact part of efforts to improve the country’s investment climate and strengthen the principles of tolerance.
“I can’t be happy with the new laws that are progressive,” the officials said.
He said that 2020 has been a difficult and transformative year for the UAE. Under the new changes, penalties for drinking and selling alcohol for people aged 21 and over have been abolished.
The UAE’s legal reforms were announced on the state-run WEM news agency and in the official newspaper The National.
First, citizens were allowed to buy, transport or drink alcohol at home. Under the new law, Muslims would apparently be allowed to drink freely. Another amendment allows “reconciliation for unmarried couples” that has long been practiced in the United Arab Emirates.
Crime has been rampant in the UAE. According to The National, there will be harsher punishments for men who harass women in any way.
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