And, in different information – we yesterday requested Minister of House Affairs Kareem Musa how he feels as an legal professional concerning the occasions of 1 week in the past. That is when an legal professional was jailed, and one other was taken to courtroom and charged for rape.
He mentioned it is a signal of steadiness in public affairs:
Reporter
“Within the authorized occupation, we noticed one legal professional go to jail for the primary time ever in Belize. After which we noticed one other legal professional charged for rape. Are you able to touch upon the blight, it appears, of the authorized occupation right now?”
Kareem Musa, Minister of House Affairs
“I do not assume it’s blight, Courtney, however I believe it’s exhibiting that there’s this steadiness that everybody is handled equally earlier than the regulation. You all the time hear politicians, attorneys, businesspeople, they don’t seem to be subjected to the identical therapy because the widespread man or girl on the market. And I believe this goes a good distance in exhibiting that our justice system is not only truthful, it’s balanced.”
“And everyone, everyone, regardless of who you’re, are topic to the identical guidelines and legal guidelines within the nation.”
Reporter
“Primarily based in your information of remand legal guidelines, do you assume OJ ought to have gotten bail?”
Kareem Musa, Minister of House Affairs
“I’m not acquainted. I do know that there was an modification. I do not know if rape was included within the listing of offenses that you’re not to be granted bail for. And so I must verify on that to see if rape was included.”
And we see these guidelines and legal guidelines are additionally being enforced by the Basic Authorized Council. As we reported final night time, they investigated a grievance in opposition to legal professional Bryan Neal. A consumer claims he paid Neal 5 thousand {dollars} and he didn’t carry out the contracted companies, nor did he desire a refund. The council discovered him responsible {of professional} misconduct. These with comparable complaints in opposition to attorneys are urged to go to the Bar Affiliation’s web site and observe the directions on the complaints portal.