38. 政府质疑来文方关于修改起诉书日期的说法。当局坚称，所有程序性法令都是在 2017 年 8 月 31 日以规定的形式起草和签署的，因此并非无效。此外，如果这些法令无效，在向主管机构提交案件时主管机构就会予以宣布。最后，政府指出，Ghadde 先生的律师从未提出任何违规情况，尽管他有权这么做。
38. The Government challenges the source’s claim regarding the modification of the date of the indictment. The authorities maintain that all the procedural acts were drawn up and signed on 31 August 2017 in the prescribed form and, therefore, are not null and void. Moreover, had they been null and void, that would have been declared by the competent bodies at the time the case was submitted to them. Lastly, the Government notes that at no time did Mr. Ghadde’s lawyers raise any irregularities despite being entitled to do so.