Women to take posts in State Council, Public Prosecution
City of Justice to be established in NAC
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi presided over a meeting Wednesday of the Supreme Judicial Council during which he discussed a number of unprecedented issues and took historic decisions that are considered promising steps towards the development of the Egyptian judiciary.
The Supreme Judicial Council comprises Minister of Justice Omar Marwan, Head of the Supreme Constitutional Court Saeed Marie, President of the Supreme Judicial Council Abdullah Shawda as well as a host of other top judiciary officials.
The decisions included allowing women to start taking jobs in the State Council and the Public Prosecution as of October 1, 2021, and naming the first of October as the Egyptian Judiciary Day, Presidency Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Radi said.
The council decided to unify financial dues between the corresponding jobs in the four judicial bodies and authorities, namely the judiciary, the State Council, the Administrative Prosecution Authority and State Lawsuits Authority.
The names of those accepted for appointment to judicial bodies and authorities will not be repeated as of the graduates of the 2018 batch for the State Council and the Public Prosecution, and of the graduates of the 2013 class for the Administrative Prosecution Authority and the State Lawsuits Authority.
The council also approved the establishment of the City of Justice in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), and each judicial authority and body must submit its requirements therein to the Ministry of Justice.
The president has been keen for years to revive the role of the Supreme Judicial Council to achieve coordination and co-operation between judicial authorities and bodies, and to advance judiciary system, Spokesman Radi said.
These decisions will contribute to achieving full equality between men and women in assuming judicial functions in all judicial bodies and will also achieve equality in income between peers in all judicial bodies. Therefore, there will be no need to file lawsuits to reach this equality.
These decisions will also expand the chances of joining judicial positions after preventing repetitive appointments and will allow transparency to know the reasons for excluding some of the applicants.
Also, the relocation of the government to the NAC will be considered a breakthrough in terms of modern workplaces and the use of modern technology in judiciary procedures.
Also, yesterday, President Sisi met with Minister of Justice Omar Marwan where he followed up on “efforts to develop the litigation system nationwide”.
The president also thanked the judges and the employees of the Judgment Execution Department in the Southern Cairo Court, for their efforts in detecting one of the important cases, the details of which will be announced after the completion of all procedures.
In this context, Minister Marawan reviewed the most prominent elements of developing the litigation system, whether in terms of raising the efficiency of the current court premises and buildings in all governorates or in terms of developing the technical aspect.
The president also called for augmenting the use of the latest electronic and technological means and techniques in the court system and litigation procedures.
