STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR HAGE G. GEINGOB, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA AT THE OPENING OF THE 2016 LEGAL YEAR SUPREME COURT OF NAMIBIA, FEBRUARY 4, 2016, WINDHOEK

President Geingob: "Justice and law are the cornerstones of any functioning democracy that strives as stated in the preamble of the Namibian Constitution (and I quote) "to achieve national reconciliation and to foster peace, unity and a common loyalty to a single state and this we do through securing to all our citizens justice, liberty, equality and fraternity."

For more on this, find the President'd address below which he delivered on 04/02/2016 during the Opening of the 2016 Legal Year, at the Supreme Court of Namibia:

"The fact that our Judiciary contributes significantly to our efforts to build a successful nation has never been lost on the Government. On many occasions in the past, my predecessors, Comrades Dr Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma and Dr Hifikipunye Pohamba, affirmed the Government's steadfast commitment to the promotion of an efficient and effective administration of justice. They stated the fact that commitment to justice remained the cornerstone of the policy of our Government.

Today, I am here to continue the legacy of these great leaders - the legacy of peace and justice. A legacy in which we, the citizens of the independent Namibia, have chosen Constitutional democratic rule over autocracy and the rule of law over arbitrary use of governmental power. We have chosen respect for basic human rights over brutality and denial of basic freedoms." (...)

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