Haimbe not well informed, JSC can advertise Chief Justice position, interview applicants publicly – Lumina

Constitutional and International Human Rights Lawyer Professor Cephas Lumina says there is no need for a Constitution amendment in order to allow the Judicial Service Commission to advertise the Chief Justice position. Commenting on Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe’s remarks that advertising the position of the Chief justice had no constitutional backing and that there was need of an amendment to facilitate for that, Prof Lumina said the existing legal framework was sufficient and it was unacceptable for a minister of justice not to understand this. “I don’t know where the Minister gets that, his views are simply incorrect, he’s not well informed. In fact, it is unacceptable for a Minister of Justice not to understand such a simple issue. There...