CJ may have lied, withheld information - suspended judges

Judges at their case hearing in Lobatse
Judges at their case hearing in Lobatse

The four suspended High Court judges reckon that Chief Justice (CJ) Maruping Dibotelo may have lied or deliberately withheld information that could have been crucial to their main case before court.

The quartet, Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang, before a panel of three judges said that Dibotelo made certain untrue statements in his affidavit.  Some of the claims include Dibotelo stating that he did not know about the final audit and that he made a verbal complaint to the police that the judges say may be far from the truth.

The interlocutory application that follows Dibotelo’s claims in his affidavit compels the CJ, the Judicial Service Commission and the President to produce specified documents crucial to their main application.

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