C J demands good conduct from judges, magistrates
By Staff Reporter
Chief Justice Irene Mambilima says the amended Constitution creates the necessary framework to secure or guarantee the functional and financial independence of the judiciary.
Mambilima said while a legal and institutional framework to regulate the conduct and performance of judges and magistrates existed in the country, each individual judge and magistrate should be accountable for their conduct and performance.
Officiating n Friday at the 7th annual law conference which was held at Avani Victorial Falls Resort Hotel in Livingstone, Mambilima said the individual judge or magistrate should not report late for work or adjourn cases unnecessarily.
“Those of us who are privileged to manage the judiciary must be accountable for its performance as an institution. Our expectation as an institution is that, as appropriately intended by the framers of the amended constitution, the judiciary must practically enjoy the ability to exercise control over its own funds and apply these funds in accordance with its own priorities for the better administration of justice,” said Mambilima.
“The people expect the judiciary to discharge its functions to the best possible standard. The judiciary also believes that nothing should be allowed to stand in the way of its desire to fulfill the expectations of the people from whom it derives its authority.”
