LSB, Motumise against Khama judgement today

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Judgement in a case in which the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) say President Ian Khama’s decision not to appoint renowned lawyer, Omphemetse Motumise was illegal, will be delivered this morning. The issue was whether the President has powers or not to refuse any Judge recommended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

During the submissions the LSB, who were challenging Khama’s decision, said before the bench of the Court of Appeal that when it comes to the appointment of the Judges of the High Court, the buck stops with the JSC.

LSB senior counsel (SC), Alec Freund submitted that there was no dispute that Khama had the power to appoint as compared to the power to refuse to appoint the Judge, which was a critical issue.

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