State Says It Will Press Ahead With Sedition Charges Against Mokone

The decision by the DPP comes three months after the Court of Appeal (CoA) refused to address Mokone’s application challenging the constitutionality of the sedition charge. The CoA declined to make a ruling on the constitutionality of sedition saying the lower court’s case against Mokone was likely to be dropped because it had prescribed.

The thinking in the media and legal circles was that the DPP would withdraw the sedition charges against Mokone.