Legal specialists unanimously agreed that the judiciary and justice system is moving at a rapid pace towards development and modernization with regard to the mechanization of work with unlimited support from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and his trustworthy Crown Prince. The great interest in the judiciary facility comes as one of the three authorities in any country, being a pillar of justice in society. They praised the rapid changes that emerged with great support from the wise leadership and contributed to the creation of an advanced, renewed and accelerated system.
A member of the Supreme Judicial Council, Sheikh Muhammad Amin Mirdad, said: Immediately after the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ascended to power in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, he gave all sectors of the state his attention, and when the storm of firmness and resolve was launched, it was not only in the southern front to restore legitimacy to Yemen, but rather in all aspects of life until that It reached the real confrontation against corruption so that the government could launch development and development projects according to Vision 2030, and the judiciary had to take most of its attention at all levels, so development programs continued, whether those developed in the previous period, and those in the current period of interest in the judiciary, judges and judicial systems , and made the work electronically without paper, and perhaps the last of which was his order to use electronic means of notification, which will have a great impact on the speed of consideration and completion of cases, as well as interest in developing notary writings and their performance in an accessible way for all, and lawyers were interested in establishing the Saudi Bar Association, and training also paid great attention So the Judicial Training Center was inaugurated, which will take care of training all the judicial sectors, as well as his order to establish the Public Prosecution Office and make it directly linked to it, and he chose for it the first Attorney General from among the best and most qualified judges in the Kingdom, which is what history writes with gold supplies, and it is a great shift in the field of justice and the achievement of justice, and it is still During his auspicious reign, there are many achievements that will make our kingdom among the developed countries in all fields.
Configure the support structure
Professor of the judiciary system and expert at the Islamic Fiqh Academy, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Safar, said that the pace of work in developing the judicial facility has accelerated to keep pace with economic, social and political developments and to raise it to the ranks of judicial facilities in developing countries for a long time, and it was consecrated by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, As many regulations and amendments were issued, and royal orders were issued, including transforming the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution into the Public Prosecution, granting it wide powers and linking its work to the Supreme Court, in addition to the issuance of regulations, including the formation of specialized courts, which are the new labor and commercial ones, and support for the change in the degrees of litigation, in addition to reconfiguring the structure Support to keep pace with the new judicial systems, and empower women to work in the judicial role, as well as decisions that support women in their lives, formation, and family issues.
Sheikh Turki bin Zafer Al-Qarni, a judge in the Jeddah and Makkah Criminal Courts previously, explained: The judiciary attracts great attention from King Salman and the Crown Prince of the Secretary, and they contributed to a major shift in the judicial field that provided wide flexibility and a wide scope for considering cases in a way that would achieve the accuracy of rulings and reach fair ends to cases. Among the judicial achievements that were achieved during the reign of King Salman were the opening of appeals courts in parts of the Kingdom’s regions, as well as personal status courts and an increase in the number of criminal circuits in the courts of appeal, and recently the opening of commercial courts, and the transfer of the jurisdiction that was in the Board of Grievances to the Ministry of Justice, as well as Increasing the number of execution courts in all regions of the Kingdom. He added, “As for the Public Prosecution, it is the administration that bore fruit before its time, and it currently exercises its competence with the Anti-Corruption Committee, which was ordered by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and proved its strength and worthiness due to its connection with the king, and achieved a return and income for the state in the billions, which contributed to the advancement of the Saudi economy.
The head of the former Public Prosecution Branch in Jeddah, Sheikh Abdullah Muhammad Al-Qarni, said: In this prosperous era, the era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the contract for the comprehensive development of the justice institution was completed with the generous approval of the organizational arrangements for the judicial organs and the completion of the specialized court system, in addition to what preceded it. By transferring the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution to the Public Prosecution Office, and appointing a Public Prosecutor linked to the King, while granting the Public Prosecution Office broad powers as a step that achieved important achievements for the country at all levels.
Support for the judiciary and the prosecution
The head of the Takamul Initiative for Legal Aid, Attorney Majid Qaroub, said: The cumulative experiences of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, his culture and knowledge were embodied from the first moment he assumed the reins of power, and this appeared in his radical reform decisions for all state institutions such as abolishing some of them and reorganizing them within the framework of codifying administrative work and developing it for the entire government system. This included all the powers of the state and the separation of any overlaps and discrepancies between them, and the features of firmness and determination appeared in all decisions taken with regard to public affairs, and on the Arab, Islamic and international levels, which was evident in the support of the judiciary and the support of the Public Prosecution apparatus, whether it was amended or Developing it to come out from the umbrella of the Ministry of Interior under the name of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution to the name of the Public Prosecution and its direct connection with the King, and granting it the full and necessary powers to reform public affairs, protect public money, and protect the state’s capabilities, funds, and property from any intrusion and aggression from any entity, and also the establishment of the State Security Apparatus, which is An apparatus that supports security and fights terrorism and corruption, and all of this was embodied in its decisions and its final speech before the Shura Council finally, when it affirmed that it would combat corruption with firmness and justice, and this justice was evident in the formation of the unprecedented committee that embodies the king's firm and fair personality in combating corruption and corruptors, which was awarded Full powers to combat corruption and prosecute spoilers and aggressors of public money, whether they are princes, ministers, senior businessmen or leaders in the public and private sectors, and everyone who assaulted public money, and the last of the firm decisions was to develop and support the judiciary and the rule of law over Everyone, and the prevention of evasion of justice, what was issued regarding technical and technological means, computer data, and mobile phone as a place for notification, and thus it would have dealt with one of the most important tools of disrupting judicial work and delivering rights to their owners and cutting off attempts by procrastinators to appear before the investigation and prosecution authorities The judiciary, of course, is in the stage of litigation and implementation, and this was also preceded by the issuance of a decision by the Council of Ministers to develop the legal departments in all state agencies and institutions in order to upgrade the legislative work, the work of judicial committees, consultations, and the services of ministries, government agencies and institutions, to be at the level of the Kingdom’s vision and the King’s vision for a future Promise, God willing.
An advanced justice system
Lawyer and notary Dr. Muhammad bin Ali Al Sulaiman said that the judicial facility during the era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received great support and attention from the wise leadership, which resulted in a quantum leap in its organizations, procedures and outputs, through an advanced justice system that keeps pace with the changes of the times, and contributes to the achievement of prompt justice. In accordance with the constants of Islamic law through many projects and judicial and judicial initiatives that contribute to raising the quality of the level of justice services provided to citizens and residents, and providing pioneering judicial services to beneficiaries with the highest efficiency and proficiency, as it was concerned with improving the efficiency of the execution judiciary, and it embodied electronic transformation in execution services, and it was This is internationally praised, and the Ministry of Justice contributed to more transparency by publishing – for the first time – a set of principles and judicial decisions issued by the Supreme Judicial Authority, the Supreme Judicial Council, and the Supreme Court over 45 years, which contribute to controlling the issue and unifying the jurisprudence, and it also made accelerated steps employed in it. Modern technology, to contribute to raising quality, and the separation of circuits in the Administrative Court was one of the most important achievements, as well as the recent approval of updating the system of notification of appointments via text messages to litigants, as well as amending the name of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution to the name of the Public Prosecution.
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The former member of the prosecution and documented in the Ministry of Justice, lawyer Saleh Misfer Al-Ghamdi, said that the support that the judicial facility finds from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques contributed to a boom and a leap towards progress and sophistication in the field of the judiciary and the modernization of its systems, and the transition to the public prosecution system is an important and essential step in administrative reform. Fighting corruption and preserving the rights of the accused, and this undoubtedly gives mastery in work and finishing it well, and this is done with good preparation, proper planning and specialized study, each in its field. The lawyer and notary at the Ministry of Justice, Saad bin Ahmed Al-Bahouth, confirmed that the prosperous era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, was characterized by the rapid development of justice systems and contributed to the development and acceleration of work and the transition to electronic, the latest of which is besieging procrastinators and evaders from attending sessions by adopting work through electronic communication. He said that the tasks of the Public Prosecution Office, which was born in this prosperous era, are to preserve and protect the rights of the accused that are not activated by the control authorities, and to achieve the principle that the origin is the innocence of the accused, which is one of the fruits that result in the interest of the accused and guarantee his rights.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques devoting justice: Any citizen has the right to sue the king or the crown prince
During the reception of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, a number of sheikhs and senior officials in his office at the Peace Palace in Jeddah last June 2017, and what was stated in it about the right of any citizen to file a case against the “king”, “crown prince” or “sons of the ruling family”, Emphasis on the principle of justice.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques said the following: “I say now that in some other countries there are kings of states or presidents who have immunity from lawsuits. Here, any citizen can file a case against the king, his crown prince, or any member of the family.” Then he added: “I give you an example of this. King Abdulaziz had a case between him and someone, and he said I want the law, and he went with him to Sheikh Saad bin Ateeq, and Sheikh Saad bin Ateeq was the judge of Riyadh at the time, and they told him we have a case, and the right was for King Abdulaziz and he conceded to the defendant.” . And the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques affirmed that “any citizen in the Kingdom can file a case against the king, the crown prince, or any member of the family.”
Adnan Shabrawi (Jeddah) @Adnanshabrawi