Reading Between the Lies
In its wisdom the Supreme Court has cancelled a government team's mandate to track down on corruption. Or is it retaliation for the team's probe of `supreme' judges?
April 10, 2001
THE move to eradicate corruption has finally come up against a brick wall—and ironically it's the Supreme Court (MA)'s very own brick wall. The country's highest judicial institution recently cancelled Government Regulation (PP) No. 19 of 2000 on the Joint Team for Eradication of Corruption, known locally as the TGPK. Almost immediately, the MA's verdict which managed to shock almost everyone, received a barrage of heavy criticism. The ruling...