Chief Justice Absent From Govt Accountability Press Briefing
Afghanistan’s Chief Justice Sayed Yousuf Halim on Tuesday was notably absent from a press briefing that rolled out the government’s accountability program. Instead, the head of the administrative department of the Supreme Court appeared before the media to give details about the performance of the legal entity over the past year.
Speaking of the program called the “Government Accountability Program to the Nation, Jawed Rashidi, the director of the administrative department of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, said that corruption cases of at least 8 former ministers are at the court, however, he refrained from disclosing the names of the suspects.