This piece also inquires the purpose of conducting preliminary inquiry as enshrined under the 1961 Criminal Procedure Code of Ethiopia. In various criminal justice systems, it is also called ‘preliminary hearing’ preliminary examination’, ‘evidentiary hearing’ or ‘probable cause hearing’. The pertinent question is: why has it suddenly become necessary at this time to conduct a PI in Jawar Mohammed et al. This is especially critical in case the recorded evidences taken during PI are unexamined by the trial court for its admissibility. Given the limited purpose of PI in the Ethiopian criminal justice system as solely for the judicial recording of prosecution evidence, the order of PI in Jawar Mohammed et al.

Source: Ethiopian News August 07, 2020 09:22 UTC