Law Society to report Dibotelo

Dibotelo
Dibotelo

In the latest move, the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) has accused the Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo of ‘acting selectively’ and most ‘likely maliciously’ when he reported the four suspended judges to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the police.

This follows a recent discovery of the final audit report of the Administration of Justice (AoJ) on housing allowance for High Court judges. “…The society is determined that the Chief Justice was acting selectively, and most likely, maliciously when he reported the four judges to the JSC and later to the police. 

“The society resolved to lodge a complaint against the Chief Justice with the JSC. The complaint shall be lodged in due course,” the outgoing LSB chairperson Lawrence Lecha said in his annual report.

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