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The office of the Chief Justice said that any criticism against the judiciary must be fair and made in “good” faith.
“More importantly, such criticisms must be specific and clear. Efforts to discredit the judiciary by bringing corruption allegations against the judiciary as a whole or against individual judges without evidence, or seeking to allude to an alignment between individual judges and political figures or role players without further grounds, should be condemned. ” said. .
“In those cases where judges are believed to have behaved unethically or illegally, other branches of the state, entities, or members of the public should make use of the structures established to address such concerns and report them to the Judicial Conduct Committee the Judicial Service Commission and law enforcement agencies. “
The judges said that anyone with “credible” evidence of corruption or undue influence within the judiciary must come forward, present the evidence and be willing to testify in a court of law or before any commission of inquiry.
“Without evidence, such allegations cannot be investigated.”
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