Morupisi 'resists' jail return :: Mmegi Online

Last Friday, convicted former Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) Carter Morupisi was released from the Gaborone maximum prison after spending Christmas and New Year's days behind bars. However, following the state's urgent appeal, Justice Mercy Garekwe is expected to hand down a ruling on the state's application of urgency this Wednesday.

At the heart of the appeal is a statement made by Justice Lakhvinder Singh Walia of the Court of Appeal in his judgment which sent Morupisi to prison on December 6, 2024: "I have agonised over the sentence to be imposed on the appellant bearing in mind that this court would be failing in its duty and seen to be eroding public confidence in the judicial system if the appellant were to escape with a rap on the knuckles. The court would also be seen to undermine the Honourable President’s stated desire to see an end to corruption."

The statement by the judge, according to Morupisi, meant that CoA was pandering to the whims and caprices of the Executive or politicians.

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