{"id":152843,"date":"2015-09-18T11:43:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T11:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152843"},"modified":"2015-09-18T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T13:47:56","slug":"judicial-scandal-anas-appears-before-committee-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/judicial-scandal-anas-appears-before-committee-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Judicial Scandal: Anas appears but sitting suspended [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas on Friday was at the court to appear before the committee investigating the bribery scandal that hit the judiciary but the committee had suspended sitting.<\/p>\n
He spent only ten (10) minutes at the court.<\/p>\n
The committee investigating allegations of corruption against 22 judges resumed sitting today after it cancelled it’s first meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
This was due\u00a0to the absence of a member of the committee.<\/p>\n
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Lawyers for some of the magistrates are however pushing for an indefinite suspension of their meetings until a lawsuit filed in court is determined.<\/p>\n
Some of the magistrates have filed a writ at the High Court questioning the legality of the process.<\/p>\n
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The Chief Justice set up the committee to investigate allegations of corruption against the magistrates following the expos\u00e9 by investigative journalist Anas Aremyaw Anas.<\/p>\n