[Marxistindia] Pegasus Case: Judiciary must ensure accountability of the Executive

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 26, 2022

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Pegasus Case: Judiciary Must Ensure Accountability Of The Executive

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly denounces the refusal of the Union
Government to be accountable before the judiciary and to the country on the
use of Pegasus, a military grade spyware, against our own citizens.  The
committee appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the use of this
spyware has informed that the government was "not cooperative".  This is
unacceptable.

 

The Supreme Court had already commented that citing "national security"
concerns the fundamental rights of the citizens, particularly the right of
privacy, cannot be breached in an indiscriminate manner. Such obduracy of
non-cooperation by the government  is a clear admission that this spyware
was misused against  those holding high Constitutional office, opposition
leaders, journalists etc, which has a damaging impact on the quality of
democracy and democratic rights of citizens.

 

When the allegations of the use of Pegasus came up, many countries had begun
serious investigations.  France, Mexico, Spain and others are seriously
pursuing these investigations.  Israeli investigations have revealed  that
the governments of countries like India, Hungary and Saudi Arabia have
brought this spyware.  Given this, it is incumbent upon the Union government
to come clean and be accountable.  The judiciary must ensure such
accountability.

 

 

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