Boko presidency case postponed

EDWARD BULE
Correspondent | Monday July 5, 2010 00:00

 

After barring Boko from contesting the BNF presidency at its forthcoming congress, the BNF central committee subsequently gave him the go-ahead to stand. This did not impress the duo of Thuso Mogorosi, Sekgopi Bogatsu,

Moses Kajane and Chalido Madome, who are the applicants one to four in descending order. Represented by Masire Mthimkhulu of Masire Attorneys, the applicants made an urgent application before Justice Moses Chinhengo of the Francistown High Court that Boko be disqualified from the race for the BNF presidency. According to them, the BNF membership card that Boko currently holds is not authentic. The BNF is cited in the case as the first respondent, while Boko is the second respondent.

Justice Chinhengo ordered that the three parties appear before him for a preliminary hearing on July 6, at 10am for him to give directions as to the procedural steps to be taken by the parties. The parties may then dispense with the matter if it is not contested that the matter is urgent. If all parties agree, the matter will be dispensed with on this date. In the event that the parties cannot agree, all affidavits should have been filed by July  9, 2010. This would then culminate in a hearing on July 12.