Credible sources, independently confirmed by Exit, have witnessed at least two cases of persons responsible for carrying out investigations for the vetting of judges and prosecutors going to the schools of the children of at least one judge and one prosecutor, and interrogating the minors on their way of life – in one case even by physically checking the clothing the children were wearing in order to see whether they were expensive.
This whole procedure took place without the knowledge of the parents, and without them being present. No adults responsible for the children’s well-being, such as a psychologist, in order to prevent the children’s distress were present either.
This behavior has scared and intimidated the persons being vetted and their families, to the extent that they hesitated to react publicly, in fear of retaliation during the vetting process.
For a constitutional procedure, supported and coordinated by foreign legal experts, and aimed at reviewing the integrity of judges, to be carried out through the worst kinds of political policies, by flagrantly infringing on the rights of children, is simply abhorrent.
Furthermore, in order to reach a legitimate vetting decision, it is not necessary to embrace these sorts of investigations, whose “conclusions” can only be trivial, when every judge’s or prosecutor’s declaration of wealth and history can provide more credible and reliable evidence.
Even if sacrificing some judge’s or prosecutor’s right to privacy for the sake of the vetting, has now become acceptable and understandable, interrogating minors without the approval of a guardian or psychologist remains shocking, cruel, unacceptable, and entirely unjustifiable.
Perhaps the international experts of the International Monitoring Operation (ONM) need to understand that incidents like these demonstrate the will of those in the government to use the vetting as a weapon to use in order to engender a climate of threats and pressure permeating the entire judiciary, until every judge and prosecutor relents in front of their political power. The lack of any sort of transparency regarding the investigation procedures only makes things worse.
This can hardly be the kind of “justice” that will bring us into Europe.
