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Law Deans condemn executive over al-Bashir issue

Publish date: 01 July 2015
Issue Number: 3784
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption

The executive is undermining the rule of law and encouraging South Africans to ignore court decisions by the way it handled the Omar al-Bashir matter, the SA Law Deans Association said yesterday, according to a News24 report. ‘Such conduct encourages citizens similarly to ignore the decisions of the courts, the Constitution and the laws of the country and may set SA on the road to tyranny,’ acting president Managay Reddi said in a statement. The association is concerned that the Ministers of Justice, Police and International Relations ignored the High Court order to have the Sudanese President arrested while he was in the country.

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