Judicial system reform
will exert an enormous impact on the life and activities of the people. The
process of this effort must be as transparent as possible. What are some of
the measures to be taken to achieve this?
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All minutes will be published on the Internet within three to
four days after each meeting. It has been unanimously agreed upon that the
contents of the deliberations should be open. It has been also agreed that
the names of speakers are to be known. However, whether or not to admit the
public into the deliberation room has not yet been decided. There was a
report that some of the members were reluctant to open the deliberations.
This is not true. Open forum is the form already unanimously agreed upon,
and only the only remaining issue is whether or not to admit an audience,
and that has yet to be decided.
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Is there any plan to invite opinion from the public?
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Some members suggested that inviting public views is crucial and
nobody denied it at the first meeting. We must now discuss ways to
implement that view. Conducting public hearings, taking polls and
interviewing are some of standard procedures I can think of to accomplish
this. When the Council decides on these procedures, including Internet
publication, the secretariat is ready to respond right away.
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Is it possible for the general public to submit views and proposals in
writing?
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Yes, certainly. We already had received many from various
individuals even before the first meeting. We, the secretariat, have a
duty to distribute them among members promptly. We have only one modest
request to those who want us to distribute their writings to all members:
that is to give us thirteen copies, since the secretariat at this time is
understaffed.
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