Setback for President Kaïs Saïed: the Tunis administrative court has suspended the execution of its decision taken in June to dismiss 57 judges. A measure that had aroused an outcry in the country. According to the court’s spokesman, a certain number of judges could finally return to their courtrooms after examining the appeal files.
After examining the factual and legal data in force during the investigation, 48 judges out of the 57 dismissed by the Tunisian president could resume their work, according to the administrative court.
” Financial and moral corruption »
In June, President Kais Saied issued a decree dismissing these judgesfor suspicion of corruption, for “ change in the course of certain cases and for disrupting investigations into terrorism cases. The list of charges also included charges of ” financial and moral corruption », what the judges deny.
Mourad al Masoudi, president of the Association of Young Tunisian Judges, and one of the dismissed judges, says the administrative court made this decision after discovering that these judges had no connection with these charges. Nor are they subject to criminal or disciplinary or moral complaints. They didn’t even have any files.
Presidential decree suspended
The decision of the administrative court normally has the effect of suspending the presidential decree which had been rejected by the trade unions and the political parties. All are delighted today with this decision of the Tunisian justice.
The presidential palace has not communicated yet.
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