Journal of Akhadic Studies

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Journal of Akhadic Studies

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Rojadavistan: Supreme Court justice killed in terror attack
By: Anne Michaels
Published: Marth, 1599


Dominicus funeral is expected to take place tomorrow in Bakurgûnd.

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Lucius Dominicus, a Rojadavistan's Supreme Court justice, was killed yesterday in a car bomb attack.

Dominicus, 61, had been a member of the Supreme Court, the highest court of the Akhadic Republic of Rojadavistan, since 1587, when the Supreme Court was established.

He was considered one of the most liberal justices in the Supreme Court, and the only ethnic Galasian member of the Supreme Court.

After his death, eight of the nine members of the remaining Supreme Court are Akhadic, with only one non-Akhadic judge remaining.

It is unclear how Dominicus will be replaced. According to the Rojadavistani constitution, one-third of the members of the Supreme Court are elected by the Lower House of the parliament, while other one-third members are directly appointed by the President. While Dominicus was elected to the Supreme Court by the Rojadavistani Constituent Assembly in 1587, President Serefxane Canê may directly appoint a replacement for the killed justice without need of a parliamentary vote, as he only appointed one justice in 1594, when the Supreme Court was expanded from seven to ten members.

The election of a new justice may increase tensions between the government and the minority and moderate political parties of the opposition, local experts believe.

The opposition Akhadic Front of Rojadavistan, while condemning the terror attack, has called President Canê to replace Dominicus with a judge that "better represent the values and beliefs of the majority of the Rojadavistani society".

The election of a more conservative justice will likely shift the Supreme further to the right, giving the Akhadist conservatives a clear majority in the Supreme Court.

No organization or armed group has claimed the terror attack so far.