Politics

Tunisia: Saied announces the creation of a provisional judicial council

Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied poses for a picture with a national flag at his campaign headquarters in the capital Tunis on September 15, 2019, as exit polls ahead of the preliminary results for the polls predicted him to be "first in the first round". - Kais Saied, an independent 61-year-old law professor and expert on constitutional affairs, and jailed media mogul Nabil Karoui, behind bars due to a money laundering probe, the two anti-establishment candidates in Tunisia's divisive election on September 15, claimed to have won through to a runoff after polling closed in the country's second free presidential poll since the 2011 Arab Spring. (Photo by MOHAMED KHALIL / AFP)

Following their meeting at the Carthage Palace today, the Minister of Justice, Leila Jaffel noted that the President of the Republic, Kais Saied emphasised the necessity to maintain the Superior Council of the Judiciary as a constitutional institution guaranteeing the independence of justice.

The Minister likewise said that Saied added that this track would be participatory and democratic securing justice for all and underscored the need to revise the law of the Superior Council of the Judiciary so that it guarantees the rights of all judges and enable them to perform their duties to the best of their ability.

Affirming that this period will be organized by a provisional judicial body or council to examine urgent cases until the establishment of the Superior Council of the Judiciary and its new law.