I se tusi mai le Peresetene o le Asosi o Faamasino i Niu Sila (JANZ) na faailoa ai e lana afioga Judge Gerard Winter le telē o le faaaloalo a le Asosi a Niu Sila i le galuega a faamasino i Samoa.
Taua e Winter ” o le gaioiga i le savavali ai o le faamasino sili ma le vasega i faamasino agai atu i le falefono o se faatinoga toa ma le maua’a, e saga faamatala ai le taua o le tulafono ma le tutoatasi o le faamasinoga i ana faaiuga fai”
Ua afua lenei faamalosiau ona o le tulai mai o le faafitauli i le loka ai o faitotoa o le palemene i le Aso Gafua 24 o Me ma lē mafai ai ona faataunuuina le faatautoga ma le vaega faaupufai filifilia i totonu o le maota fono.
Taua foi e Winter “o le a tūtū faatasi le Asosi a Faamasino a Niu Sila ma Samoa, ma o le a tuu atu lava le tauau fesoasoani pe a manaomia”
“Manukau
New Zealand
25th May 2021
Tena koe Chief Justice,
I write in my capacity as President of the Judges Association of New Zealand (JANZ) to convey our deep respect for the character and resilience of your judges during these troubled times. Many merely chant phrases like “judicial independence” without ever experiencing what those words truly mean. It takes wise judgement to apply objective rules without fear or favour and provide decisions others may not like. It takes tremendous courage to support those decisions when confronted by unfair criticism.
Your walk to the doors of the Fale Fono alongside your judges and an otherwise simple act of knocking on that closed door of your parliament was a profound and brave demonstration of judicial independence and the rule of law.
JANZ stands with you. If we may be of assistance, please know, you need only ask. You and all your Judges remain in our thoughts and prayers.
Nga mihi nui
Judge Gerard Winter
President J.A.N.Z.
Te Hunga Kaiwahawa o Aotearoa
Judges Association of New Zealand”
E pei ona silafia o se tasi lea o finau a le taitai o le Vaega faaupufai a le HRPP Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi ina ia faia e ni faamasino mai fafo faamasinoga o le latou apili.
