Den palestinske høyesterettsjustitiarius,Zuhair al-Surani, gikk av torsdag, i protest mot at regjeringen skal utnevne nye dommere. Dermed er domstolenes uavhengighet kompromittert, hevdet al-Surani.

Etter den gamle ordningen foreslo et utvalg på ni senior-dommere nye dommere, som så ble formelt utnevnt av presidenten.

Surani said he and other judges would seek a constitutional avenue through the courts to halt the implementation of the new law which, he said, would put the judiciary under the control and the intervention of politicians.
«The new law has torn the independence of the judicial system to pieces,» Surani said.
«The old law was better and we urged it to be developed and improved but we got a worse one. The new law is bad, bad, bad,» he added.
Surani was a target of the security chaos in Gaza two months ago when unknown gunmen detonated explosive devices outside his house and that of Attorney-General Hussein Abu Asi. They were unharmed. No reason was given for the attacks.
Last year, reform-minded politician Nabil Amr was shot by gunmen in the West Bank city of Ramallah and had to have his leg amputated.
(reuters)