Ain el-Tineh Insists Justice Ministry is Biased in Decree Row

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The Justice Ministry is "affiliated" with President Michel Aoun and his political party and cannot offer a neutral recommendation on a disputed decree that has sparked a row between the president and Speaker Nabih Berri, Ain el-Tineh has said.

"The Justice Ministry is affiliated and this was verified when Justice Minister Salim Jreissati asked the (ministry's) Committee of Legislation and Consultations to interpret a constitutional article that does not fall under its jurisdiction," sources close to Berri told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper in remarks published Sunday.

"This request is in itself a major violation," the sources added, noting that "the judges who expressed their viewpoint are also affiliated."

"The core of the crisis regarding the decree granting seniority to the officers who graduated in 1994 lies solely in the violation of the constitution," the sources added, denying the presence of political undertones.

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Thumb enterprise 22 January 2018, 05:20

A few days ago Franjieh called out the Judiciary in Lebanon as biased and now Berri too. So, how can the citizen trust the Lebanese justice system and the verdicts it hands out on a daily basis.