The Law Office — that most self-important of institutions — has disgraced itself over the Al Jazeera case. And the disgrace deserves scrutiny not only for the acquittals themselves, but for what they do to an already battered public trust in the justice and accountability systems of this country that’s only growing.
This is not simply a matter of poor case management or the competence of those who represented the prosecution. It speaks to corruption, to murky entanglements, and it confirms what many have long suspected: that this so-called European state, planted somewhere in the Middle East, runs less like a democracy and more like a banana republic with a flag.
The Law Office and its leadership stand thoroughly exposed. And one cannot help but wonder — would this same staggering incompetence surface in cases involving ordinary people? Would the prosecution fumble so spectacularly against a grandfather who stole a sandwich, or someone who owes this state of scandals, arrogance, corruption, greed and fraud fifty to a hundred euros?
Is there any salvation for this country? It is becoming increasingly hard to say yes.
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