The Assigned Judge of Criminal Court 'E,' Mardea Chenoweth, has warned her colleagues, especially Justices of the Supreme Court, to take a more neutral stance in the ensuing crucial October 10 elections. “When the law says to remain neutral, it also means that you don’t openly or clandestinely lend support to any individual politician or political party,” Chenoweth noted. “The judiciary must not be political and must remain inherently different from the other two branches of government,” Chenoweth emphasized. On the matter of disposing of political disputes, Chenoweth said, justices should look in the faces of political actors to tell them that it is the electorate that decides the winner of the election. “I admonish all of you judges, including justices of the Supreme Court, that as pillars of the stability of this country, we should remain mindful and focused on our responsibility to this State,” the criminal court maintained.

Source: Daily Observer August 15, 2023 19:33 UTC