It has been two years since the High Anti-Corruption Court made its first judgment. Since then judges have delivered 45 verdicts, and among convicts are Members of Parliament, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, heads of state enterprises, and so on.
However, not everyone considers this result as a success. There are complaints against the HACC, the NABU and the SAPO that their decisions focus only on low-level officials, while no one really touches the “big fish”.
Thus, we explain at what stage the most high-profile corruption cases are now and what is the reason that none of them reached the final decision yet. After all, the reason for delays is often the behavior of defendants and their lawyers. In particular, the latter used to leave courtrooms, arrange procedural démarches and tantrums as well as abuse quarantine restrictions.
