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An economic development where not only the“ haves” are growing in
wealth, but in which every worker and also pensioner has rights and dignity. Private property should be safe and a contract should be honored. A contract should not be just paper that you have to pay for but actually mean that you have got rights and responsibilities. Corruption is an evil that is threatening all that is honorable. You have to pay but there is no security about your rights. The court is the place where those rights if threatened should be protected. So Judges and Lawyers and the Clerks have to be free of corruption. Are you still facing the question what to do with the judges of the former system. Are they all contaminated? Do you have to replace them all?
What is your justice system during this transition? Are there lessons to be learned from Iraq and Afghanistan? Who will be the new judges? How to guarantee that they will not be corrupt?
Aother right that should be considered and dealt with at the court is when there is a conflict between the freedom of speech and the right not to be harmfully offended or attacked. A good justice system is vital to safeguard those rights. But a good justice system will have an impact on your budget. Are you willing to pay for a proper justice system that is the question all democracies are facing today.
5- police / law and order The first question is what is considered to be the task of the police and who do they report to? Is it to protect the citizens so they do feel the promised freedoms, or is it to protect the state or those in power, eventually against the citizens. Because the police have been given the legitimate means to control, your answer to this question is vital. And of course you need an intelligence service to investigate whether criminals or potential terrorist want to commit crimes against the state and its citizens. But there should be a clear difference between a Secret Service and a National Bureau of Investigation that is accountable to the political powers and also to Parliament. We have in the Netherlands a committee with the nickname” the committee sneaky” consisting of party leaders MP ‟ who have taken a