Directions: In the questions given below, a statement has been provided with a part of it highlighted in bold. You are required to replace this bold part with one of the options given below in order to make it contextually and grammatically meaningful. If the statement is correct, please mark option E- no correction required- as the answer.

Witnesses turning hostile, judges being transferred, and prosecuting agencies being changed are deeply worrisome developments that have undermined public confidence in the investigation system and the judiciary with long-term debilitating consequences for our republic.