Suspension of judges attracts international scrutiny
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The CJMA in collaboration with Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) and Judges for Judges (Rechters voor Rechters) have raised concern over local authorities seeming to treat some judges more favourably than others. This comes in the wake of the recent follow-ups and revelations that more judges have been mentioned in the housing allowance saga, but have been excluded from the punishment meted out on the four judges.
The quartet, Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang, in their court papers have accused the Chief Justice of targeting them, as he has failed to account that there were more judges involved in the housing allowance saga despite knowing this.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...