Judge Jamal Hajjar, Acting Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, is considering punitive measures against Ghada Aoun, Attorney General at the Court of Appeal, who was dismissed from her post in May 2023, following damaging behavior that tarnished the Lebanese judiciary.
This was due to Aoun’s refusal to comply with Hajjar’s decisions and the instructions he had given her concerning cases she had blocked, resulting in a cascade of appeals of which she refused to be duly notified.
According to judicial sources quoted by sister company, Houna Loubnan, Judge Hajjar had sent a note to Aoun, in accordance with the procedures in force, requesting her to take note of certain files on the basis of which complaints had been lodged against her.
However, Aoun refused to comply, responding to Hajjar in a disrespectful tone, the sources said. She also allegedly made disrespectful remarks about some of her colleagues, including the public prosecutor at the South Lebanon Court of Appeal, magistrate Rahif Ramadan.
The dismissed judge had been referred by the Supreme Judicial Council to the Judicial Inspectorate because of her refusal to comply with the decisions of her superiors and because she undermined the integrity of her colleagues.
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