17 November 2016

News Story: (Afghan) Senior Officials Set To Go On Trial - AGO

by Sharif Amiry

The Anti-Corruption Judicial Center (ACJC) will hear the cases of senior officials who are accused of corruption – without any political interference, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Tuesday.

"Considering the fact that we have the support of the Presidential Palace, the Chief Executive Office, the Ulema [Religious Scholars] Council and the people, we will assess any type of (corruption) case under the structure of our authorities," AGO spokesman Jamshid Rasuli said.

Meanwhile, a number of MPs and analysts said the ACJC has not assessed big corruption cases as yet; therefore, they feel it is difficult for them to see this actually happening.

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