Abstract

The article analyzes the solutions contained in the President’s draft of amendments to the Penal Code as regards their purpose, usefulness and consistency with other regulations of the Code. Justification of the project leads to a conclusion that the need to amend the Penal Code is not supported by substantive arguments. The arguments used might be perceived as characteristic of penal populism. Some of the proposed changes stand in conflict with the regulations contained in the general part of the Code. The amendment should, therefore, be assessed positively from the moral (axiological) perspective.