Judge dismissals: AMT calls for expediting ruling on suspension decisions

Tunis: A decision must be taken as soon as possible on the suspension of the execution of decisions to dismiss some judges since June 2022, said President of the Association of Tunisian Magistrates (French: AMT) Anas Hmaidi. These cases are currently before the Administrative Court, he added. Hmaidi also called on the National Bar Association (French: ONA) to allow the dismissed judges to join the lawyer profession. Addressing a conference held by EuroMed Rights, Hmaidi deplored the fact the Administrative Court has not yet ruled on the annulment of the dismissal decisions two years after the presidential decision to sack 57 judges. The dismissed judges "forced out of work," he said, are in a precarious financial situation. They are in a "difficult psychological and social situation," he said. "49 dismissed judges are still waiting for the enforcement of decisions rendered in their favour by the Administrative Court on August 9, 2022." The President of the AMT also urged the National Bar Association to in the shortest time possible on the request by dismissed judges to join the legal profession, a request which had been made since November 2022. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse