Tunisia constitution nears completion as agreement reached on judiciary articles

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[url]http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jan-17/244379-tunisia-agrees-new-charters-chapter-on-judiciary.ashx#axzz2qgfhFEoc[/url]
[quote]Tunisia's constituent assembly on Friday adopted a crucial chapter in the country's new charter defining the powers of the judiciary, and tackled others dealing with human rights and the fight against corruption.

After approving articles on the creation and prerogatives of the constitutional court, lawmakers completed the chapter on the judiciary, qualifying the legal profession as "free and independent, and which participates in the realisation of justice and the defence of rights and freedoms."

The articles defining the powers of the judiciary are particularly sensitive in a country that only recently emerged from five decades of dictatorship, and sparked angry exchanges and chaotic scenes in parliament when they were debated earlier this week.

Later on Friday MPs resumed their examination of the charter, after lengthy negotiations to forge consensus on the five "constitutional bodies." These include the electoral commission, and those responsible for human rights and the fight against corruption.[/quote]

[url]http://www.tunisia-live.net/2014/01/17/assembly-approves-constitutional-court-finds-consensus-on-judiciary/[/url]
[quote]Article 103 caused an uproar at the NCA when an amendment giving the government the authority to “make nominations in high judicial positions after consulting the Ministry of Justice” was approved. The Democratic Bloc opposition party and the judges’ union slammed the article, which they described as a threat to the independence of the judiciary.

But, following a compromise reached after negotiations at the NCA Consensus Committee, the article was rephrased to task the president with nominating judges with the approval of the Supreme Judicial Council.

On the other hand, “senior judges shall be nominated by virtue of a presidential order after consultation with the Prime Minister, based on the sole opinion of the Supreme Judicial Council,” the same article states.

Article 107 on military courts was also amended to include a new clause assigning to these courts the task of dealing “with crimes committed by members of the military.” A previous version of the article only gave these courts the mission of investigating military crimes.

Article 108, which previously stated that “judgments shall be issued and executed in the name of the people”, was also reworded and the term “executed” was removed.

“Failing to execute or impeding the execution of a sentence without legal grounds is prohibited,” the same article reads.[/quote]

The judiciary was the only remaining point of major controversy AFAIK. Once again they struck a compromise which pretty much gives the secularists and liberals everything they wanted.

[NoDachi]

facepunch doesn't seem to care about Tunisia smurfy

*lights cigarette*

[Daniel Smith]

Go Carthage