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How should the reform of the Supreme Court take place?

How should the reform of the Supreme Court take place? - E56E8
  1. 51% of them have integrity concerns. Respectively 69% of respondents do not trust or rather do not trust the Supreme Court
  2. Public Council of International Experts or a similar body that verifies integrity declarations. National Agency on the Corruption Prevention (NACP) also could perform a comprehensive verification of judges’ asset declarations within a specified timeframe upon the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HCQJ) request.
  3. It is necessary to enhance existing procedure for verifying integrity declarations and tailor it specifically for the purpose of vetting the Supreme Court.
  4. If such a procedure is introduced, there is information that many judges of the Supreme Court will resign voluntarily and the work of the court will collapse. For more details on why this argument is a myth, please see. On the contrary, those resignations will accelerate the Supreme Court’s reboot.
How should the reform of the Supreme Court take place? - FD4F7
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