(Zaman Al Wasl)- A number of lawyers in northern Idlib province were surprised by a decision, insisting on blocking them from pleading, attending and litigation before the courts of the Salvation government's Justice ministry until further notice.
Many lawyers and judges said that this decision exceeded its remit of the ministry and its work.
Preventing lawyers from practicing their job is a disciplinary punishment imposed by the Bar Association under Law No. 30 of 2011, as there is no legal provision allowing the Ministry of Justice to take such an action, because it’s against Syrian legal provisions, according to our source.
The Syrian Salvation Government is a de facto alternative government of the Syrian Opposition, seated within Idlib province.
Activists says Tahrir al-Sham through the Salvation Government that was formed in 2017 is seeking to impose its control on Idlib propvince.
HTS has since January controlled most of Idlib province as well as parts of neighbouring Hama, Aleppo and Latakia provinces.
Article 85 of the advocates Law states on: 1. Any lawyer who departs from the Bar objectives, or who violates a duty of the law set forth in this Law and the internal regulations, or behave in a manner that degrades the dignity value or conduct in his private life some behaviors that accompanied by a scandalous infamous, will be punished by one of the following disciplinary penalties alert without registration or with registration, by a letter sent to the lawyer 2 - Discipline before the Council - 3 - Prohibition of practicing the profession for a period not exceeding three years 4 – Excluding the name from the union table.
Lawyer Jamal al-Jassem told Zaman al-Wasl that the so-called Ministry of Justice has been “to impose fees and decisions according to the personal desires of illegal employees with fake positions”.
The justice ministry and its courts, has become an additional burden instead of being a support to citizens to solve their problems and achieve justice, he added.
All judicial decisions issued by the illegal rescue courts, have no legal value and do not respect the standards of fair trials and are worse than the courts of the Syrian regime and it’s because the armed factions control the judicial matters.
He also added that the society and the rights and freedoms of the people are at the disposal of arms bearers and war leaders, stressing that most of those who work in the courts of rescue are not competent by law, and this means that the judgments are issued based on their desires.
Lawyer Jamal said that the Ministry of Justice is dealing with lawyers in northern Syria in a very regulatory way and this contradicts with the laws.
In turn, a judge who preferred not be named told Zaman al-Wasl that the right of pleading is protected by law and no one can prevent a lawyer from doing so.
However, depriving a lawyer from working under the ministry's decisions is an abuse and a mistake committed by the Ministry of Justice.
Zaman al-Wasl tried to contact the Ministry of Justice to obtain a response regarding these accusations in but it didn’t receive any answer or clarification.
According to activists, the Ministry of Justice in the government of the Salvation has issued many strange decisions before, including not to allow non-bearded, whether a lawyer or a citizen to enter the court.
Regime and Russian airstrikes and shelling since late April have killed more than 820 civilians, according to the Observatory.
The violence has displaced 900,000 people, according to the United Nations.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
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