Tunisia: President Kais Saied ends the privileges of the Supreme Judicial Council
Tunisia: Kais Saied issued a decree revising the Basic Law of the Supreme Judicial Council, stipulating an end to the grants and privileges granted to members of this Council.
And the Presidency of the Republic stated in a media statement published on Wednesday evening, that “The Head of State, Kais Saied, signed a decree amending Basic Law No. 34 of 2016 dated April 28, 2016, relating to the Supreme Judicial Council, stipulating an end to the grants and privileges granted to members of this Council. “.
President Kais Saied had said during a cabinet meeting at the end of last month that the judicial system as a whole in Tunisia would be reviewed, including the rights granted to members of the Supreme Judicial Council and the administrative organization within the courts.
Saied spoke about the grants and privileges granted to members of the Supreme Judicial Council, and about the regulatory authority that the Council enjoys. In this regard, he said, “The regulatory authority enjoyed by some bodies must be exercised within the framework of the law, and not outside it,” recalling that the status of the law relating to the Council The Supreme Judicial Council, according to him, was “the result of the intervention of a number of non-competent parties, and a combination of pressure forces.”
The Supreme Judicial Council is a constitutional institution with 45 members, some of whom are elected, and some of whom are appointed and appointed, that works to ensure the proper functioning of the judiciary and the independence of the judiciary.
