MDP majority will reform Supreme Court and JSC, says Nasheed
04 Mar 2014, 8:10 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
President Mohamed Nasheed has said that Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) will change the number of judges in the Supreme Court and strive to bring their thinking closer to that of the people, and closer to justice.
“We can never accept the level of political influence and the ugly money of corruption that has entered most courts of Maldives. We have to reform these courts. Development for the Maldives can only be achieved if the people Maldives are able to get justice and equality.”
Speaking at a parliamentary campaign rally in Thinadhoo, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, Nasheed said that the judicial watchdog will also be reformed by amending the Judicial Services Commission Act.
He said that the MDP’s priority was judicial reform, and that nothing else could be carried out in the Maldives without such reform.
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