Faulty or towering judiciary? (2)

I am one of those numerous amateurs who, according to Andrew Borg Cardona, is not qualified to pass judgement on the work of professionals. But I can assure him that, like many other citizens, I have a mind that can distinguish between what goes well, not so well and badly.

According to Dr Borg Cardona, we ordinary citizens must rely blindly on our professionals and just shut up. That time has, however, long since passed. The present citizens want to know what is happening around them and why and how certain decisions are taken. Professionals, as he wrote, are merely human. They are subject to mistakes and corrupting influences.

As a professional he considers that the present court system works well, but is it so for ordinary citizens who cannot understand how different judgments are meted out for similar offences, or for those persons who have to wait years to see justice done? The system serves the professionals very well, and that is why they have resisted change for so long.

With regard to public confidence in our courts, it is up to the courts' professionals to safeguard and maintain that confidence by their deeds. Citizens not only want justice done but also seen to be done.