HE Al Marri : Qatar is the First Arab country in Combating Corruption

Cairo, February 29 (QNA) -HE Qatar's Attorney General Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri has reiterated his country's due keenness to enhance ,strengthen and develop judicial cooperation to ensure its independence. He made clear in an exclusive statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA) on Wednesday night on the sidelines of the Arab attorneys conference which kicked off in Cairo earlier today , Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri said the conference has gained widescale and effective participation on part of the arab prosecutors noting that Qatar under the mandate which it had received in 2010 during the Arab meeting held in Doha addressed the Arab League for making an independent general secretariat to support the judiciary authority since the conference was held in this framework. Elaborating HE Qatar's Attorney General said, ''we are keen to continue this work, especially as there is a regular meeting of the Arab Attorneys-General to support the judiciary authority through the Arab League and there will be a unified Arab plan to raise the ceiling of the judiciary authority and secure its complete independence away from the executive authority and the Arab justice ministers''. Concerning the governments , HE Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri stressed that there must be a complete separation between the governments and the judiciary authority in the Arab world to avoid any possible hindrance in performance of the Attorneys-General and the judiciary . Touching on the independence of the judiciary in the State of Qatar, the Qatari Attorney General pointed to the efforts being made in this regard since 1995. He told QNA that in 2001 the law of the Judiciary authority was pssed to regulator and separate it fully. In 2002 the Law No. /10/ was also issued for the public prosecution and such a law separated it completely, as well as the judiciary authority which was also separated from the executive one and there is no interference between them . The ceiling of the fight against corruption in Qatar has become very high, where Qatar has became the first Arab country to fight corruption and is acting on enforcing justice as per the Islamic style and manner , HE the Attorney General was quoted by QNA as saying. HE Al Marri further said that the space given to the judiciary in Qatar and established according to a constitutional text that the judiciary is fully independent and therefore judiciary in qatar enjoys great independence. In his inaugural address he delivered before the Arab attorneys' conference in Cairo, earlier today,HE Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri said that the State of Qatar has called for promoting joint Arab legal and judicial action to meet the aspirations of the Arab peoples and strengthen the Arab and Islamic values in the judicial system. Dr Ali Bin Fetais Al Marri noted that the recent changes in some Arab countries were rooted in the prejudice of the judicial and legal systems that led to the deprivation of rights and usurpation of peoples' wealths.Hence judicial systems in the Arab world should be strengthened so that they derive their strength from establishing the state of law, he said. He proposed giving the Arab League secretary general the power to set up a commission that prepares an Arab plan for the independence of the judicial system to be presented to the ministerial council of the Arab League and later to the Arab summit conference for approval. He called for the independence of the general prosecution and for lending political support for the idea in Arab countries. He recalled that the Arab justice ministers had previously turned down the idea. However, he urged the ministerial council of the Arab League to set up an independent secretariat for the general attorneys that will help the attorneys present their recommendations independent from any political interference. He also urged for removing the hurdles facing the League in this sector.(QNA)