Palestinian Law Experts and PLC Members Call on the Palestinian Presidency Office and Cabinet to Act Promptly to Save the Judiciary System from Total Collapse

25/1/2007

 In a workshop organized by AMAN Coalition in Ramallah, Palestinian law experts called on all concerned bodies to act promptly and to join efforts towards strengthening the judiciary system and saving it from collapse in front of the risks that threaten its continuation. They said that a collapse of the judiciary system is a collapse of the whole government system in Palestine.

 The workshop was organized to discuss a draft research study produced by AMAN Coalition on “the Palestinian Judiciary System and the Separation of the Branches of Authority”. The different components and outcomes of the study were presented to the audience. These included the separation between the three branches of authority in a democratic system, the judiciary power in the political system, the relationship between the judiciary system and the general budget, and the institutional framework of the Supreme Judiciary Council. 

The study recommended strengthening the judiciary system by demanding the executive body to stop its members from interfering with judiciary matters, establishing a specialized judiciary employment committee by the Supreme Judiciary Council, activating the role of the judiciary supervision and investigative unit, speeding up setting the bylaws for the judiciary law, and amending the Palestinian judiciary law in a way that ensures setting up standards that control the role of the president in appointing judiciary personnel.