Lebanese President Michel Aoun asserted on Tuesday that the judiciary must be an independent constitutional authority, stressing the importance of neutrality and impartiality.
“Purging the judiciary has been on top of the priorities of our war against corruption,” Aoun said during a celebration of the Beirut Bar Association’s centenary.
“The judiciary must remain above suspicion… and it should guard and protect justice,” Aoun said, adding that the judiciary is the cornerstone of the state of law.
“There is no sate without an independent and clean judicial branch which seeks justice and truth,” he said.
Aoun explained that the legal profession is closer to being a vocation than a profession.
He called on the judiciary to be an independent constitutional authority in line with article 20 of the Constitution.
The President revealed that he has called for a conference set to be held at the Presidential Palace in Baabda under the theme "For a better Justice.”
He said the conference aims at launching an open national dialogue between all Lebanese factions concerned with justice, to shed the light on the flaws in the judiciary, and their causes.
