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What the hell has this got to do with anything? have you posted in the wrong thread or something?
Pakistan President sacks chief justice
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What the hell has this got to do with anything? have you posted in the wrong thread or something?
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I am innocent, want open trial: Justice Iftikhar
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Against the backdrop of a raging debate in the country on his fate, Pakistan’s suspended chief justice, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, said on Thursday he was “entirely innocent” and, therefore, called for an open trial by the Supreme Judicial Council.
He also forcefully defended his decision to accept the invitation of the legal fraternity to address them in the coming days, stating that “taking bar associations into confidence about (the) prevailing constitutional issues is the duty of every chief justice”.
In an exclusive interview with Dawn — the first given to any Pakistani or international news organisation since the presidential action on March 9 — Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry remained extremely cautious about the choice of issues, and even words, ostensibly to avoid having any impact on his case. Matching the serenity of the Judges’ Colony in Islamabad, the chief justice, sent on forced leave, was sitting in the salon of his official residence.
Dressed in a black kurta over white shalwar with Peshawari chappal, all through the interview Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry held a soft smile and looked confident enough to deal with any adversity. “I am proud that each member of my family has stood by me in this difficult and trying time. They have given me strength. I believe that Allah the Almighty will vindicate me,” said Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry.
Stilted and cautious, Mr Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry’s each word was carefully chosen to leave little room for ambiguity. Still, he was quite clear about the way things have shaped up during the last couple of weeks and spoke about a number of issues, ranging from his decision to address various bar associations, to the support he was getting from the legal fraternity, particularly in the form of resignations by a number of judges and, while insisting he was “entirely innocent”, the chief justice called upon the Supreme Judicial Council to grant him a “public trial” so that the council’s own image does not suffer.
Defending it as a perfectly ‘usual’ mode of behaviour for any chief justice, Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry dispelled the impression that an interface with the judicial fraternity was in response to the current judicial showdown with the government. “As a judge I firmly hold that I can speak to the Bar about constitutional issues of interest to the Bar and the Bench”. But conscious of the controversy such a move could generate, he said, “I resort to no political talk or speech”.
Still, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry maintained, as a chief justice it was his duty to take “the Bar Associations into confidence about (the) prevailing constitutional issues”.
Acknowledging the decision of those judges who had resigned in his support, Mr Chaudhry unequivocally praised them by stating that he had “great respect for those judges of the High and subordinate courts who have sacrificed their jobs for the cause of the rule of law”.
During the interview, he laid great emphasis on having an open trial, enabling the people to decide his innocence. “With reference to this trial my plea is that I am entirely innocent. That is why I want the public to know of the charges as well as of my defence. This should not cause any embarrassment to anyone, and certainly not to me. Since I’m innocent and want to enter upon my defence, I want all the citizens of Pakistan to know that their chief justice is not at fault,” said Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry.
Besides emphasising his desire to let the people judge him, Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry also talked at length about the various cases he had taken up during the course of his curtailed tenure as the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Mentioning specifically certain landmark cases, which instantly raised his stature as the adjudicating authority — enjoyed by nobody in the recent past — he talked about hearing petitions against rising oil and pharmaceutical prices involving the interests of large multinationals, preventing public parks being converted into exclusive (mini)golf clubs or commercial complexes, strictly enforcing building regulations and decreeing the demolition of elitist encroachments on public lands, prohibiting the cutting of forests in the construction of an elitist township known as New Murree in the foothills above Islamabad, instituting inquiries into disappearances, providing relief to rape victims, banning forced marriages and the exchange of girls and women to settle disputes according to local customs.
Last year, he also dealt a severe blow to the administration by annulling the privatisation of the largest industrial unit in Pakistan, the Pakistan Steel Mills. “The cases which were pending were the Gwadar land scam and certain constitutional issues. I was also going to look into the privatisation of the Habib Bank,” revealed Mr Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
In the last one year alone, he had taken suo motu notice of more than 6,000 cases of human rights’ abuse across the length and breadth of the country. In the two years since his elevation to that office the chief justice had cleared a massive backlog of cases and taken up, suo motu, several causes close to environmentalists and social reformers.
Despite this record, the chief justice refused to talk about the reference against him or of any individual allegation. He also did not want to speak about the future plans or of the defence that he intended to offer before the Supreme Judicial Council. For that he has nominated a panel of lawyers headed by Aitzaz Ahsan and including Munir Malik, Hamid Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Ali Ahmed Kurd and Qazi Anwar.
The panel, said the chief justice, was drawn from all the provinces of
Pakistan and comprised senior lawyers who held representative positions in the Pakistan Bar Council and the Supreme Court Bar Association.
The chief justice declined to talk about his meeting with the president and the circumstances in which he visited the Camp Office of the president on March 9. He said that these matters would be taken up in the course of the proceedings of the reference before the Supreme Judicial Council and would agitate them at that forum.
The Supreme Judicial Council, headed by Mr Justice Rana Bhagwandas who is expected to take oath as acting chief justice at the weekend, having returned from his vacation in India, is slated to meet on April 3.
http://dawn.com.pk/2007/03/23/top1.htm
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Against the backdrop of a raging debate in the country on his fate, Pakistan’s suspended chief justice, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, said on Thursday he was “entirely innocent” and, therefore, called for an open trial by the Supreme Judicial Council.
He also forcefully defended his decision to accept the invitation of the legal fraternity to address them in the coming days, stating that “taking bar associations into confidence about (the) prevailing constitutional issues is the duty of every chief justice”.
In an exclusive interview with Dawn — the first given to any Pakistani or international news organisation since the presidential action on March 9 — Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry remained extremely cautious about the choice of issues, and even words, ostensibly to avoid having any impact on his case. Matching the serenity of the Judges’ Colony in Islamabad, the chief justice, sent on forced leave, was sitting in the salon of his official residence.
Dressed in a black kurta over white shalwar with Peshawari chappal, all through the interview Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry held a soft smile and looked confident enough to deal with any adversity. “I am proud that each member of my family has stood by me in this difficult and trying time. They have given me strength. I believe that Allah the Almighty will vindicate me,” said Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry.
Stilted and cautious, Mr Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry’s each word was carefully chosen to leave little room for ambiguity. Still, he was quite clear about the way things have shaped up during the last couple of weeks and spoke about a number of issues, ranging from his decision to address various bar associations, to the support he was getting from the legal fraternity, particularly in the form of resignations by a number of judges and, while insisting he was “entirely innocent”, the chief justice called upon the Supreme Judicial Council to grant him a “public trial” so that the council’s own image does not suffer.
Defending it as a perfectly ‘usual’ mode of behaviour for any chief justice, Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry dispelled the impression that an interface with the judicial fraternity was in response to the current judicial showdown with the government. “As a judge I firmly hold that I can speak to the Bar about constitutional issues of interest to the Bar and the Bench”. But conscious of the controversy such a move could generate, he said, “I resort to no political talk or speech”.
Still, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry maintained, as a chief justice it was his duty to take “the Bar Associations into confidence about (the) prevailing constitutional issues”.
Acknowledging the decision of those judges who had resigned in his support, Mr Chaudhry unequivocally praised them by stating that he had “great respect for those judges of the High and subordinate courts who have sacrificed their jobs for the cause of the rule of law”.
During the interview, he laid great emphasis on having an open trial, enabling the people to decide his innocence. “With reference to this trial my plea is that I am entirely innocent. That is why I want the public to know of the charges as well as of my defence. This should not cause any embarrassment to anyone, and certainly not to me. Since I’m innocent and want to enter upon my defence, I want all the citizens of Pakistan to know that their chief justice is not at fault,” said Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry.
Besides emphasising his desire to let the people judge him, Mr Iftikhar Chaudhry also talked at length about the various cases he had taken up during the course of his curtailed tenure as the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Mentioning specifically certain landmark cases, which instantly raised his stature as the adjudicating authority — enjoyed by nobody in the recent past — he talked about hearing petitions against rising oil and pharmaceutical prices involving the interests of large multinationals, preventing public parks being converted into exclusive (mini)golf clubs or commercial complexes, strictly enforcing building regulations and decreeing the demolition of elitist encroachments on public lands, prohibiting the cutting of forests in the construction of an elitist township known as New Murree in the foothills above Islamabad, instituting inquiries into disappearances, providing relief to rape victims, banning forced marriages and the exchange of girls and women to settle disputes according to local customs.
Last year, he also dealt a severe blow to the administration by annulling the privatisation of the largest industrial unit in Pakistan, the Pakistan Steel Mills. “The cases which were pending were the Gwadar land scam and certain constitutional issues. I was also going to look into the privatisation of the Habib Bank,” revealed Mr Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
In the last one year alone, he had taken suo motu notice of more than 6,000 cases of human rights’ abuse across the length and breadth of the country. In the two years since his elevation to that office the chief justice had cleared a massive backlog of cases and taken up, suo motu, several causes close to environmentalists and social reformers.
Despite this record, the chief justice refused to talk about the reference against him or of any individual allegation. He also did not want to speak about the future plans or of the defence that he intended to offer before the Supreme Judicial Council. For that he has nominated a panel of lawyers headed by Aitzaz Ahsan and including Munir Malik, Hamid Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Ali Ahmed Kurd and Qazi Anwar.
The panel, said the chief justice, was drawn from all the provinces of
Pakistan and comprised senior lawyers who held representative positions in the Pakistan Bar Council and the Supreme Court Bar Association.
The chief justice declined to talk about his meeting with the president and the circumstances in which he visited the Camp Office of the president on March 9. He said that these matters would be taken up in the course of the proceedings of the reference before the Supreme Judicial Council and would agitate them at that forum.
The Supreme Judicial Council, headed by Mr Justice Rana Bhagwandas who is expected to take oath as acting chief justice at the weekend, having returned from his vacation in India, is slated to meet on April 3.
http://dawn.com.pk/2007/03/23/top1.htm
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LHC chief judge is one of the most corrupt judge ever. He has many references pending against him. How can he be allowed to be a part of the Supreme Judicial Council.
Imran Khan and Chaudhry Nisar have even publically named him and asked him to be removed from SJC.
Keyserose this is what i wanted to say. Now read those lines and keep this in mind too.
Let the most honest of judges who have no references against them try CJ.
Apart from that lemme me remind you all not very long ago, UAE donated an aeroplane to Pakistan which will exclusively be under use of Mush. Also have u guys ever heard of or seen Mush's motorcade. One of the charges on SJ is using cars which he was not entitled to. I ask Mush is he entitled to an aeroplane and those bullet proof cars.
Let the one who uses his private car judge CJ.
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How can the army chief call CJ of Pakistan to his office.
Its said CJ was pressurized by three generals (from IB, MI and ISI) apart from Mush and Aziz to resign.
After hours of negotiations when CJ still refused to resign and feared for his life he started reciting the Qalma. At that time he was allowed to go but the ACJ had already taken oath by then
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It's simple. He didn't. The CJ came to Musharraf for help against the Justice from Peshawar's own charges against the CJ.
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No dear its not that simple. CJ did not request a meeting with Musharraf it was Mush who called him to his office. Record will tell that if ISI has not already changed em.
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CJ manhandled by ‘strangers in police uniform’: SHO
One of the prime accused in manhandling of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday distanced himself from the episode and instead passed the blame on “strangers in police uniform” for mistreating the non-functional chief justice and his family on the day he was to appear before the Supreme Judicial Council.
Recording his statement before an inquiry tribunal, headed by Justice Ijaz Afzal of the Peshawar High Court, SHO of the Kohsar police station, Rukhsar Mehdi denied charges against him and said he was rather away from the place where the CJ was reportedly roughed up.
He claimed that some strangers in police uniform were present on the spot where the CJ and his wife were manhandled and forced to ride an official car before proceeding to the Supreme Court where the Supreme Judicial Council was to meet on March 13.
The tribunal was constituted by the Supreme Court which observed that police was a party in the case and the inquiry into the manhandling of the CJ by them would be something meaningless.
When Rukhsar Mehdi was shown a picture published in a section of press in which the chief justice was surrounded by a number of police officers and a person whose face was not visible grabbing the chief justice by the hair, he said picture was genuine but he could not recognise the hand of the hidden man.
When Justice Afzal asked him to recognise a police inspector, the SHO said the man-in-uniform was a stranger and not an officer of the Islamabad police.
"I have spent years in the capital police but I have never seen this man before," he said.
Two press reporters, who appeared before the tribunal as witnesses, told the tribunal that Rukhsar Mehdi along with other police high-ups was present on the scene and he pushed the head of the chief justice.
Shakeel Anjum, a crime reporter, said that Rukhsar Mehdi and a bearded guard of the Inspector General of Police, along with other police officers, tried to force the chief justice to sit in the car. He said the chief justice first reprimanded him in a loud voice and then slapped him.
However, Rukhsar Mehdi denied that he was slapped by the chief justice.
Another reporter, Yasir Malik, confirmed that all high-ups of police, including the IGP and SSP, and officers of the district administration were present when the chief justice was manhandled.
He told the tribunal that after some time when he had decided to get in the Balochistan House, the chief justice asked the IGP who was Mehdi.
“He has misbehaved me and my wife. I am a Baloch and I will see him," the reporter quoted the chief justice as saying.
The then Acting Chief Justice Javed Iqbal took a suo moto notice of the incident on the basis of a picture published in a national daily on March 14.
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One of the prime accused in manhandling of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday distanced himself from the episode and instead passed the blame on “strangers in police uniform” for mistreating the non-functional chief justice and his family on the day he was to appear before the Supreme Judicial Council.
Recording his statement before an inquiry tribunal, headed by Justice Ijaz Afzal of the Peshawar High Court, SHO of the Kohsar police station, Rukhsar Mehdi denied charges against him and said he was rather away from the place where the CJ was reportedly roughed up.
He claimed that some strangers in police uniform were present on the spot where the CJ and his wife were manhandled and forced to ride an official car before proceeding to the Supreme Court where the Supreme Judicial Council was to meet on March 13.
The tribunal was constituted by the Supreme Court which observed that police was a party in the case and the inquiry into the manhandling of the CJ by them would be something meaningless.
When Rukhsar Mehdi was shown a picture published in a section of press in which the chief justice was surrounded by a number of police officers and a person whose face was not visible grabbing the chief justice by the hair, he said picture was genuine but he could not recognise the hand of the hidden man.
When Justice Afzal asked him to recognise a police inspector, the SHO said the man-in-uniform was a stranger and not an officer of the Islamabad police.
"I have spent years in the capital police but I have never seen this man before," he said.
Two press reporters, who appeared before the tribunal as witnesses, told the tribunal that Rukhsar Mehdi along with other police high-ups was present on the scene and he pushed the head of the chief justice.
Shakeel Anjum, a crime reporter, said that Rukhsar Mehdi and a bearded guard of the Inspector General of Police, along with other police officers, tried to force the chief justice to sit in the car. He said the chief justice first reprimanded him in a loud voice and then slapped him.
However, Rukhsar Mehdi denied that he was slapped by the chief justice.
Another reporter, Yasir Malik, confirmed that all high-ups of police, including the IGP and SSP, and officers of the district administration were present when the chief justice was manhandled.
He told the tribunal that after some time when he had decided to get in the Balochistan House, the chief justice asked the IGP who was Mehdi.
“He has misbehaved me and my wife. I am a Baloch and I will see him," the reporter quoted the chief justice as saying.
The then Acting Chief Justice Javed Iqbal took a suo moto notice of the incident on the basis of a picture published in a national daily on March 14.
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I feel the police officer is telling the truth. Such an act can only be done by someone who has no fear and respect of the CJ and the government and the only ones who fit this category are ISI, MI or IB.
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I suspect the whole CJ drama was staged keeping in mind a possible attack on Iran.
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Genuine or mala fide?
ââ¬ËItââ¬â¢s time for Justice Bhagwandas to look inwards. If he realises that his appointment as acting CJ is incorrect, he should relinquish his office,ââ¬â¢ says Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed
Former Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed is critical of the various constitutional and judicial measures that have been taken against the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, and maintains that never in the history of the country the judicial edifice has been challenged in this way.
In an interview with Dawn Magazine, he sounded warnings to be watchful of whether the reference against the CJ had been moved in all seriousness or if it was part of a conspiracy to make a hero out of him and to possibly use him later on.
ââ¬ËItââ¬â¢s time for Justice Bhagwandas to look inwards. If he realises that his appointment as acting CJ is incorrect, he should relinquish his office,ââ¬â¢ says Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed
Former Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed is critical of the various constitutional and judicial measures that have been taken against the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, and maintains that never in the history of the country the judicial edifice has been challenged in this way.
In an interview with Dawn Magazine, he sounded warnings to be watchful of whether the reference against the CJ had been moved in all seriousness or if it was part of a conspiracy to make a hero out of him and to possibly use him later on.
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4,000 in Pakistan protest justice's firing
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- About 4,000 opponents of President Pervez Musharraf rallied yesterday in Islamabad, the capital's biggest street demonstration yet against his removal of Pakistan's chief justice.
The demonstration by political activists and lawyers outside the Supreme Court during a hearing in the judge's case remained largely peaceful but was a sign of the mounting pressure on Gen. Musharraf to curtail eight years of military rule.
"Everyone should support the chief justice. It is our moral duty," Makhdoom Amin Fahim, vice president of the main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, told the crowd. "Everyone should also help us get rid of President Musharraf, who is the root cause of every problem."
Thousands more attended rallies in Lahore, Karachi and Quetta.
Gen. Musharraf triggered the biggest political crisis of his presidency when he suspended independent-minded Chief Justice Ifitkhar Mohammed Chaudhry on March 9.
The government has said it acted after receiving accusations that Justice Chaudhry had abused his position -- for instance, by seeking favors for his son.
However, Gen. Musharraf's critics denounce what they say was a plot to intimidate the court and ensure it doesn't stand in the way of an expected bid from the president, a key U.S. ally in its war against international terrorism, to secure another term.
Yesterday, protesters filled the road in front of the Supreme Court, waving colorful party flags -- most of them from an alliance of hard-line religious parties.
"Musharraf, killer of justice," they chanted, and brandished banners with slogans including, "Don't destroy the judiciary."
At a similar protest during the last hearing on March 16, police used tear gas and rubber bullets to contain a phalanx of rock-throwing demonstrators and raided a private TV network offering live coverage of the unrest.
This time, hundreds of police and paramilitary troops were positioned near the court, where concrete blocks and coils of barbed wire closed access roads to traffic.
They scuffled briefly with demonstrators to stop them from following Justice Chaudhry's car into the court complex and also intervened to rescue men harangued and beaten by several of the black-suited lawyers.
Police at the scene said the victims were members of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam Party who had begun shouting pro-Musharraf slogans, while lawyers accused them of being undercover intelligence agents.
Yesterday's hearing adjourned after five hours without a verdict. The next hearing was set for April 13.
The United States, which lauds Gen. Musharraf for pledging to restore democracy, and the European Union have both expressed concern about the judicial standoff and its implications for parliamentary elections scheduled for the end of 2007.
Gen. Musharraf is expected to seek re-election as president from the outgoing legislature, a move the opposition could challenge in the Supreme Court, especially if he refuses to give up his post as army chief.
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20070403-104013-5487r.htm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- About 4,000 opponents of President Pervez Musharraf rallied yesterday in Islamabad, the capital's biggest street demonstration yet against his removal of Pakistan's chief justice.
The demonstration by political activists and lawyers outside the Supreme Court during a hearing in the judge's case remained largely peaceful but was a sign of the mounting pressure on Gen. Musharraf to curtail eight years of military rule.
"Everyone should support the chief justice. It is our moral duty," Makhdoom Amin Fahim, vice president of the main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, told the crowd. "Everyone should also help us get rid of President Musharraf, who is the root cause of every problem."
Thousands more attended rallies in Lahore, Karachi and Quetta.
Gen. Musharraf triggered the biggest political crisis of his presidency when he suspended independent-minded Chief Justice Ifitkhar Mohammed Chaudhry on March 9.
The government has said it acted after receiving accusations that Justice Chaudhry had abused his position -- for instance, by seeking favors for his son.
However, Gen. Musharraf's critics denounce what they say was a plot to intimidate the court and ensure it doesn't stand in the way of an expected bid from the president, a key U.S. ally in its war against international terrorism, to secure another term.
Yesterday, protesters filled the road in front of the Supreme Court, waving colorful party flags -- most of them from an alliance of hard-line religious parties.
"Musharraf, killer of justice," they chanted, and brandished banners with slogans including, "Don't destroy the judiciary."
At a similar protest during the last hearing on March 16, police used tear gas and rubber bullets to contain a phalanx of rock-throwing demonstrators and raided a private TV network offering live coverage of the unrest.
This time, hundreds of police and paramilitary troops were positioned near the court, where concrete blocks and coils of barbed wire closed access roads to traffic.
They scuffled briefly with demonstrators to stop them from following Justice Chaudhry's car into the court complex and also intervened to rescue men harangued and beaten by several of the black-suited lawyers.
Police at the scene said the victims were members of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam Party who had begun shouting pro-Musharraf slogans, while lawyers accused them of being undercover intelligence agents.
Yesterday's hearing adjourned after five hours without a verdict. The next hearing was set for April 13.
The United States, which lauds Gen. Musharraf for pledging to restore democracy, and the European Union have both expressed concern about the judicial standoff and its implications for parliamentary elections scheduled for the end of 2007.
Gen. Musharraf is expected to seek re-election as president from the outgoing legislature, a move the opposition could challenge in the Supreme Court, especially if he refuses to give up his post as army chief.
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20070403-104013-5487r.htm
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As i have mentioned earlier two of the judges in SJC Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and Justice Iftikhar Hussain CJ LHC have references pending against them in the Supreme court. How can they judge CJ when they themself are not clean.
Then there is Justice Javed Iqbal whose misuse of power has been highlighted above. Seconldy being the Senior most judge who otherwise would have retired in 2011 has his personal interest involved. If Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry remains the CJ his tenure would end in 2013. Whereas Bhagwan das has only a year left.
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