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The 2024 Congress of Magistrates opens in Bangui on July 15. Over the course of five days, Central African judges will review their activities over the past year while proposing solutions to the challenges they encounter in carrying out their duties.
The meeting was attended by about 100 judges from Bangui and provincial towns. In his speech, the Minister of State for Justice first emphasized the improvement of the judicial environment.
“First time since independence”
“In 2023-2024, more than 700 criminal cases were heard. Military courts handed down judgements in Bangui, Bouar and the Special Criminal Court. We also note that there are fewer and fewer talks about prison breaks; because the head of state ordered the integration of nearly 300 prison officials and staff. The number of magistrates has doubled and even tripled. For the first time since independence”, said Arnaud Djoubaye Abazène, Minister of State for Justice.
In the new year, as the judicial year began, the Minister of Justice, relying on the credibility of magistrates, further instructed the General Inspectorate of Judicial Services to pay attention to the private lives of magistrates.
“We want to get into their private lives.”
“The trust of our people is the behavior of the judges. In the city, the judges must be exemplary and dignified. A judge may have children but does not take care of them. Yet, it is he who condemns others for alimony. These will be referred to the Disciplinary Committee. I instruct the General Inspectorate of Judicial Services. We will enter the private lives of judges,” Arnold Jubai Abazene insisted.
The government member also questioned corruption and misappropriation of small amounts of money by judges, which should go to the state treasury. The opening of the congress comes a week before the first criminal session of 2024 at the Bangui Court of Appeal.
– Also read: Central African Republic: Ministry of Justice announces fight against corruption in the judiciary
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