DSS gets more damaging petitions against embattled judges
The
Department of State Security DSS has received more petitions against the
embattled judges that were arrested last Saturday. Thisday reports that
investigations into the allegations are ongoing. A source at DSS who spoke in
condition of anonymity said some of the petitioners have agreed to testify
against the judges in court.
“We are almost through with the investigation.
The ongoing investigation is not supposed to go beyond this week. We have
written the NJC about what has happened and we expect it to take some decisions
about the affected judges this week. Once that is done, hopefully by next week
or thereabout, we should arraign them in court. For now, more facts in the form
of petitions are trickling in about the judges. It’s like everyone who has had
cause to go to court for one reason or the other has been a victim. More facts
are trickling in and we cannot ignore them. It is our statutory responsibility
to investigate painstakingly every complaint.”
The DSS
source said that some of the petitioners had even indicated their readiness to
testify in court against the accused judges.
“The kind of things we have observed as regards
the forms they submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau is another kettle of
fish. We discovered a judge who filled three different forms with different
information, either in terms of assets declared or even personal information like
age. Imagine one judge filling three different forms with different
information just to deceive the CCB. Just as I said, we will do a thorough
job,” the source said.
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