06-23-2020, 04:49 AM
Judge Kyne Joonitsihe Dead at 83
By Beshootsu Amari | June 22, 2020
Tsiba’s highest court, the Upitsu-matoo-na’ivoo, announced today that Judge Kyne Joonitsihe died in his sleep of a stroke on the night of June 21 or the morning of June 22. Judge Joonitsihe had served on the court for thirty-three years and was the last Pyvupi appointee actively serving.
Judge Joonitsihe was born in 1934 in the city of Tsyshaba, then known as Sashava, during the British colonial era. His father, Robert Joonitsihe, worked as a street cleaner and his mother, Ethel Anne Joonitsihe, worked as a nanny for a British family. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Behhapa University in 1952 and a J.D. in law from Kingfisher University in 1955. He served in local judgeships throughout the region of Chavotsy before being nominated and confirmed to the Uritsu-matoo-na’ivoo in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Beshootsu Pyvupi.
As a judge on the Upitsu-matoo-na’ivoo, Joonitsihe believed that the court’s job was to interfere in the work of the Duchavoputsy as little as possible. He voted to remove legislators from office only six times in the course of this career, and supported over three-quarters of all legislation that came before the Upitsu-matoo-na’ivoo.
With Joonitsihe’s death, Prime Minister Mahshid Shi’upa will have to nominate a new candidate for the court. Rumors are already circling about who will be chosen. Judge Helen Tsachi of Duchavo and Judge William Archer Godrej of Vi’atsy are both strong contenders for the opening, although Shi’upa is unlikely to make a comment on the subject until next week.
The Shooda-Tsiba, Shi’upa’s party, no longer controls the three-quarters majority necessary to confirm judges among the City Ministers, a challenge that could make the confirmation of a judge to fill Joonitsihe’s spot more difficult.
Judge Kyne Joonitsihe is survived by his wife Shana and their four children. His funeral will be held on Thursday at Behnam ga Chavotsy Memorial Cemetery in Chavotsy City. Mourners are invited to attend the public ceremony at three o’clock in the afternoon.
By Beshootsu Amari | June 22, 2020
Tsiba’s highest court, the Upitsu-matoo-na’ivoo, announced today that Judge Kyne Joonitsihe died in his sleep of a stroke on the night of June 21 or the morning of June 22. Judge Joonitsihe had served on the court for thirty-three years and was the last Pyvupi appointee actively serving.
Judge Joonitsihe was born in 1934 in the city of Tsyshaba, then known as Sashava, during the British colonial era. His father, Robert Joonitsihe, worked as a street cleaner and his mother, Ethel Anne Joonitsihe, worked as a nanny for a British family. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Behhapa University in 1952 and a J.D. in law from Kingfisher University in 1955. He served in local judgeships throughout the region of Chavotsy before being nominated and confirmed to the Uritsu-matoo-na’ivoo in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Beshootsu Pyvupi.
As a judge on the Upitsu-matoo-na’ivoo, Joonitsihe believed that the court’s job was to interfere in the work of the Duchavoputsy as little as possible. He voted to remove legislators from office only six times in the course of this career, and supported over three-quarters of all legislation that came before the Upitsu-matoo-na’ivoo.
With Joonitsihe’s death, Prime Minister Mahshid Shi’upa will have to nominate a new candidate for the court. Rumors are already circling about who will be chosen. Judge Helen Tsachi of Duchavo and Judge William Archer Godrej of Vi’atsy are both strong contenders for the opening, although Shi’upa is unlikely to make a comment on the subject until next week.
The Shooda-Tsiba, Shi’upa’s party, no longer controls the three-quarters majority necessary to confirm judges among the City Ministers, a challenge that could make the confirmation of a judge to fill Joonitsihe’s spot more difficult.
Judge Kyne Joonitsihe is survived by his wife Shana and their four children. His funeral will be held on Thursday at Behnam ga Chavotsy Memorial Cemetery in Chavotsy City. Mourners are invited to attend the public ceremony at three o’clock in the afternoon.
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