BMD Throws In The Sponge

The party’s secretary general, Gilbert Mangole wrote to the Court of Appeal (CoA) before the case could be heard, informing the court of their intention to withdraw the matter and pay any costs, including wasting the court’s time.

“The grounds for the withdrawal have nothing to do with the merits of the appeal, in which merits the Appellant has supreme confidence, the withdrawal of the appeal being compelled by the circumstances that by its conduct, the judicial system has determined the political rather than the legal outcome of the matter from inception in favour of the Respondents,” court papers read.