Dibotelo threatens to report judges to Khama

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The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has written to four High Court judges to show cause why a petition they endorsed which allegedly undermined the authority of the Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo, should not be referred to President Ian Khama.

A referral would possibly lead to Khama setting up a Tribunal into their conduct, in the same manner a previous Tribunal was set up in 2015 in the now infamous saga involving four other High Court justices who were suspended in September of that year and only reinstated in March this year.

The judges were Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang.  The same petition, which resulted in the 2015 suspensions, is the same now at the heart of the latest matter involving Justices Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe, Lot Moroka, Godfrey Nthomiwa and Tshepo Motswagole.  The petition in question was signed by 12 judges and sent to the JSC questioning the Chief Justice’s leadership style.

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