Candidates threaten boycott after judicial interference in JSC lawyer election
07 Jul 2014, 4:04 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
Four of the five lawyers competing in an upcoming poll to elect a lawyer to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) have threatened a boycott after judicial interference.
Lawyers Hussein Shameem, Mohamed Fareed, Anas Abdul Sattar, and Mohamed Faisal expressed concern over reports the Supreme Court may allow judges in magistrate courts in the islands to vote via fax on July 13 – a move, which would violate the secrecy of the ballot.
The attorney general had initially compiled regulations barring judges who have lawyer permits from voting to elect a representative from the lawyer community.
But the Supreme Court on June 23 ruled that all licensed lawyers, including judges and MPs, would be eligible to vote in polls.
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