President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has affirmed Egypt's keenness to support the judicial authority's role in African societies in a meeting on Sunday with presidents of African constitutional and supreme courts.
The president's meeting with the African judges came on the sidelines of the Sixth Cairo High-level Meeting of Chiefs of Constitutional Courts, Supreme Courts, and African Constitutional Councils, which is taking place in the Egyptian capital under the title ‘The Role of Constitutional Control in Developing African People.’
During the meeting, El-Sisi stressed the importance of popular awareness about the role of the law and judicial institutions, said presidential spokesman Bassam Rady in a statement.
The African judges lauded the vital role played by the conference in promoting judicial cooperation between African constitutional courts, the spokesman said.
The meeting tackled the most pressing issues on the African arena, especially those related to the role of constitutional courts in safeguarding countries' sovereignty, the statement added.
The participants also voiced keenness on benefiting from Egypt's successful experiment, which is considered a model for respecting the rule of law and judicial independence.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
