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    "content": "governor that this House decided to impeach is still in office as the governor. As the case was being heard and so on, he openly spoke at public rallies that he will be the governor until 2017. With that one, he has beaten us. Part of the problem was the Judiciary not hearing such cases expeditiously and with finality. The new Chief Justice will have to find a system where some of the important constitutional cases can be expedited and finalized. The other issue is the handover. Having served in the Committee of Experts other committees, commissions and so on, one common theme was the chapter of the Judiciary. We justified the establishment of the Supreme Court because we were completely dissatisfied with the way the highest court of the land then, the Court of Appeal, was operating. There was no jurisprudence and many cases were not being heard on merit. Cases were being thrown out on technicalities of corruption, not just in the Court of Appeal, but also Magistrates Courts and the High Court. Therefore, we felt that the best way to uplift the standards in the Judiciary, particularly in the area of jurisprudence, was to establish the highest court called the Supreme Court, manned by very eminent persons from all walks of life in the legal system. These would be former judges, practitioners and so on. The JSC appointed the best among those who had applied. We all agree that the Supreme Court has not operated as we would have liked it to. The Chief Justice is leaving it. There will be a vacancy in the position of Chief Justice, the Deputy Chief Justice and other Supreme Court judges. Therefore, the challenge will be how to put up some handover system. The Chief Justice gave a notice that---"
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