Government attorneys to represent prosecution in national security cases: minister
August 11, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s ministry of justice has instructed district attorneys to represent the prosecution in all cases pertaining to national security, human trafficking, illegal drugs and state funds.
The state minister of justice, Ahmed Abu Zaid, said the district attorneys should also follow up on the sentences handed down particularly in cases of narcotics, warning against criminalizing people simply on the basis of suspicions.
He emphasized the government intentions to reform the laws and qualify the legal staff in order to impose the rule of law, calling for utilizing the latest technology to help carrying out judicial work.
The minister, who inspected the district attorney’s offices in southern Um Bada in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, saying his visit aims to address the shortcomings as well as activating the role of the public attorneys in achieving justices and implementing the government reform program.
Abu Zaid was briefed on the workflow in the attorney’s offices and problems they are facing.
He promised to overcome the obstacles facing those offices, instructing the district attorneys to pass down their expertise to their colleagues.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has issued a decree promoting 294 judges in accordance with the recommendation made by the Chief Justice, Haydar Ahmed Dafa’Allah.
According to the decree, 29 judges from the Court of Appeals have been promoted to the Supreme Court, 6 first grade judges were promoted to the general court, 13 second grade judges have been promoted to first grade judges and 189 third grade judges have become second grade judges.
In the same context, the Chief Justices announced opening of two offices for the national Supreme Court in the River Nile and North Darfur states in order to facilitate the litigation procedures.
(ST)