International lawyer bodies oppose judicial reforms, warn of threat to democracy
International organisations representing lawyers have opposed the planned scrapping of the current system of selecting judges, saying this erodes the independence of the judiciary and threatens democracy. Through the Constitutional Amendment Bill number 3, the government aims to amend the constitution to allow the president absolute power to handpick judges, among a coterie of alterations […] The post International lawyer bodies oppose judicial reforms, warn of threat to democracy appeared...
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