The Supreme Judicial Council issued a statement in which it said: “In response to the statements and positions received, on the occasion of discussing the proposal for a general amnesty law, regarding the responsibility of the judiciary in delaying trials and overcrowding in prisons, and to correct matters and clarify the facts, the Council expresses the following: 1- The reasons for the “general amnesty,” as is known by everyone, are not only due to the issue of “prison overcrowding,” which has been left behind for several decades to rehabilitate and expand, but also due to multiple social and political considerations. 2- The judiciary spared no effort, during the rebuilding phase, after the successive crises that struck the country, to work seriously and with perseverance, in order to speed up trials in the cases of detainees, as evidenced by the numbers shown by the latest statistics, which show the productivity of the public prosecution offices of appeal, the investigative judiciary, and the criminal courts in a period of six months, after the issuance of the judicial formations decree, which was obstructed for many years, and they are as follows: public prosecution offices of appeal (63412) Investigative Judiciary (7332) Criminal Courts (31076), taking into account the difficult security conditions, strikes, and the significant increase in crime rates, especially as a result of the increase in population and Syrian displacement and its repercussions, in addition to the shortage in the number of judges. 3- The cessation of consideration of cases referred to the Judicial Council is due to the lack of a quorum for the Council, as a result of the failure to issue the necessary appointment decrees by the executive authority. The Judicial Council began trial sessions and issuing rulings, at a rapid and weekly pace, as soon as a quorum was reached, in accordance with the decree issued on September 19, 2025. 4- The postponement of trial sessions in criminal files occurs, in most cases, due to the delay in completing notifications, and the failure to bring the detainees, for logistical, administrative, or security reasons, beyond the control of the judicial authority, in addition to the refusal of a large portion of the detainees to attend, pending the issuance of the general amnesty law. The statement added: “The Council is putting these clarifications before public opinion, to prevent any confusion regarding the real reasons for delaying trials and overcrowding in prisons, hoping to be precise and not to assign responsibilities haphazardly.”