The Bar Association met this Thursday at a delicate moment in the clash between lawyers and the justice system. Following the intervention of the Administrative Court of Appeal, the General Council is expected to formalize the end of the boycott declared for hearings at the Special Court.
The meeting began after the appeals ruling
The meeting of the General Council of the Bar Association began after the decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal, which accepted the request for interim relief regarding the suspension of the lawyers’ boycott of court hearings at the Special Court.
The development places the Chamber before a new legal fact, where its decision-making is no longer read only as a professional stance, but also as an issue now being filtered through the courts.
Public opening, closed-door discussions
According to the announcement, the opening of the meeting was made accessible to the media, while the discussions afterward are being held behind closed doors.
At the end of the meeting, the Council is expected to make public its decision on whether or not the boycott will continue, at a time when signals from the Chamber’s leadership indicate that the path of withdrawal appears set.
Maks Haxhia: we will abide by the court’s decision
The head of the Bar Association, Maksim Haxhia, said the institution he leads will abide by the decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal.
According to him, this development leads to the conclusion of the boycott. Haxhia stressed that, in the face of the appeals ruling, the Chamber will declare its closure.
What changes after the suspension of the boycott
The Council’s expected decision would mark the end of an action that had affected the holding of hearings at the Special Court.
The suspension of the boycott, brought about through the decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal, now shifts the debate from pressure by lawyers to the weight of the court’s intervention over a decision taken by their representative bodies.
The formal end of the boycott is expected to come at the close of the General Council meeting.
So far, the public stance of the Chamber’s leaders leaves little room for another scenario.