BDP Moves To Stop UDC Election Appeals

Monday, January 13, 2020

BDP lawyers: Busang Manewe, Bonolo Itumeleng and Basimane Bogopa PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

Just a few days after Court of Appeal's (CoA) justice Singh Walia set a date for hearing of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) election appeals, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has called for the cases to be thrown out.

Through their lawyers Bogopa, Manewe Tobedza and Company, the BDP has once again raised preliminary points of law for the appeals not to proceed.

The BDP holds the view that the appellate court has no jurisdiction to entertain the UDC appeals. “The Court of Appeal does not have the jurisdiction to entertain the appeals of the following appellants,” read BDP documents filed in court on Friday.

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