It is wrong. First things, first; I am involved in a matter before him regarding the institution to whose tribunal, he has been appointed. I therefore, I begin my comments by owning up to a potential conflict. Aware of this fact, I shall steer clear of case facts and law, as required by law and ethics. I will focus on principle. I wish to be clear, further, that I write as a constitutional subject, and not as a lawyer in the case. I record herein, my citizen gripe with the timing of his appointment, and what I perceive to be the motive behind it. The path of criticism is a public way.
The appointment of Judge Radijeng, is an effort on the part of a judicially embarrassed government, that has gone far out on a limb, and can’t safely make it back home, to manipulate a judge through the conferment of title and position in a vain attempt to induce, favourable judicial outcomes. Judge Radijeng’s appointment, happens at a time when he is presiding, over one of the most contentious cases involving the very entity whose tribunal he has been appointed to lead. The case has been running round in the Courts for over three years, and has far reaching implications on the political credibility of the current administration.
