Thank you, Minister. In my experience, the judicial advisory committees create a pool of eligible lawyers to be appointed to the judiciary. I know that in the past there was always a pool available, so it concerns me that the judicial advisory committee would have to be reconstituted in order to create a new pool, when I suspect there are a number of eligible people who could have been appointed already.
Moving on, under the Jordan decision, as you are well aware, the court ruled on what is deemed to be a reasonable time for access to a trial. If those charged do not receive a trial within the time prescribed in that decision, there is a risk of their case being thrown out. Obviously this situation creates great concern in the COVID-19 context.
The backlog in the courts is likely to have a long-lasting impact on the operations of our courts. I would like your comments on how you think these delays could impact it, with regard to the Jordan decision.