AMMAN — On Thursday, the Lebanese judiciary disciplinary
board decided to dismiss the public prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun, from service,
based on complaints filed by those affected by her actions and her violation of
instructions from her superiors, according to the French news agency, AFP.
اضافة اعلان
Aoun's name has been in the news in recent
years after she accused prominent officials, bankers, and employees involved in
major corruption cases, according to her issued verdicts.
However, her loyalty to President Michel Aoun
made her work the subject of criticism and controversy, after her procedures
targeted political entities in opposition to the former president in general.
The judicial source said that the decision can
be appealed. Aoun said she will appeal the decision and continue to work until
her case is decided.
The council's decision came based on a decision
issued by the Judicial Inspection Authority, based on several lawsuits filed
against her for
violating the instructions of her superiors.
Aoun was summoned to the Palace of Justice,
where she was informed of her dismissal.
Prominent casesSome of the most prominent cases Aoun has
handled since the beginning of Lebanon's economic collapse in the fall of 2019
included her accusation of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, his brother,
and son in October 2019 with "illicit enrichment" charges by
obtaining subsidized housing loans.
In January 2021, she accused the governor of
the Central Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh, and a Central Bank official of "dereliction
of duty and breach of trust."
She then issued a decision in early 2022 to
prevent him from traveling on the basis of a complaint filed against him by a
group of activists accusing him of financial mismanagement.
On March 17, 2022, his brother Raja Salameh was
arrested on charges of embezzlement and money laundering following a complaint filed by
activists against the brothers.
Riad Salameh repeatedly refused to appear before
Aoun, considering her pursuit of him to be part of a deliberate process to
tarnish his image, stating that he had nothing to hide.
‘Doing my job’“They are punishing me for doing my job,” Aoun
said on Thursday after hearing the decision.
She said she would appeal, however, which would
allow her to continue working until her case is decided.
“I'm not afraid of anyone. Even if they want to
kill me, I have no problem,” said Aoun, who has also launched corruption
investigations into other top officials.
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