KPK chief disappointed with 'weak' sentences

Corruption Eradication Commission chief Busyro Muqoddas says lately he has been bemused at the leniency of punishments handed down to corruption suspects, by judges who have “lost their spirit” of justice.

“Generally, judges’ sentences in corruption cases have weakened. They have lost the spirit to stand for the interests of the people. It is as if judges’ rulings do not reflect the ideology of punishments, when it is actually important,” he said.

Busyro added that judges needed to see corruption as a machine that continued to impoverish the people and destroy the integrity of the nation.

According to Busyro, concerns over the judges’ spirit of justice stemmed from the country’s law education system and also from the selection and recruitment processes for judges.

“It needs to be fundamentally fixed. The Supreme Court needs to be open with the Judicial Commission and elements of civil society. The three must have control over judges,” he said as quoted by tribunnews.com.