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| Saleh moves on judicial reform |
| 2005-01-04 |
| In a move to tackle corruption and continue Yemen's judicial reform, the Higher Judicial Council has appointed new judges and moved a number of others to different positions. The council, headed by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, made the changes last Wednesday. It sees 25 new judges were appointed to the Higher Court while 24 were given positions in the Judicial Inspection Commission. Abdullah Farwan, former Chairman of the Central Organization for Control and Audit, is now the head of the Judicial Inspection Commission, an organization which monitors the performance of Yemeni judges. Farwan replaced Abdul-Malik Al-Jindari, who was appointed as the head of the Justice Ministry's Technical Bureau. Saleh was quoted as saying that "judicial authorities should be independent and above any authority and influence." Two weeks ago, the President and the Higher Judicial Council dismissed 22 judges without any compensation or benefits and ordered 108 other judges for early retirement. "Judicial tasks should never be given to those who are not qualified and do not possess the quality of fairness," said Saleh when the judges were fired from their jobs. "They should be able to be fair in settling people's affairs." |
| Posted by:Fred |