91.   Sharif has locked horns with Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah over who has the right to appoint judges to the court.

92.   She also has appointed female judges and reserved five percent of government jobs for women.

93.   She said the government also denied her a fair trial by appointing judges that have a personal grudge against her.

94.   Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, also has rejected the claim that race plays a role when judges are appointed.

95.   Seychelles has seven high court judges all appointed by the president.

96.   Supreme Court judges are appointed for life, but can be disciplined by a judicial committee.

97.   That would mean the monarch would no longer appoint the prime minister, dissolve Parliament, appoint judges, or give the final assent allowing bills to become laws.

98.   The charge stems from a confrontation with the Supreme Court over the right to appoint judges.

99.   The draft also includes a third body to begin drafting a legal framework and appointing judges for a supreme court during the interim period, Fawzi said.

100.   The government has appointed new judges that consistently rule in favor of the government.