Newly elected judges vow loyalty to the Constitution

Forty-six newly elected judges, including the vice president, members of judicial committees, tribunal presidents andvice tribunal presidents of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC), vowed loyalty to the Constitution on Dec 26.

Four circuit court judges who were elected on Dec 25 also took part in the oath-taking ceremony. Zhou Qiang, president of the SPC, supervised the ceremony and Executive Vice-president Shen Deyong led the judges in making the vow.

According to the NPC Standing Committee’s decision on the pledge of allegiance to the Constitution which took effect on January 1, governments, people’s courts and people’s procuratorates at all levels must take an oath of loyalty to the Constitution in public when they take office.

The judges take their oath of loyalty to the Constitution. [Photo by Li Huisi/China News Service]

Shen Deyong, executive vice-president of SPC, leads the judges in making the vow. [Photo by Li Huisi/China News Service]

Zhou Qiang, president of the SPC, supervises the oath-taking ceremony. [Photo by Li Huisi/China News Service]

All the judges take their oath of loyalty to the Constitution. [Photo by Li Huisi/China News Service]

Newly elected judges pose for a group photo to mark the occasion. [Photo by Li Huisi/China News Service]