Masisi's legitimacy case before court
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
The party says the reasons advanced as “substantiating urgency do not pass muster”.
This came after Jacobs made an application to court stating that Masisi does not have powers to appoint any party structure. Jacobs who lost BDP primaries to Dr Thapelo Matsheka for the Lobatse constituency said that Masisi’s legitimacy to the BDP presidency is questionable.
For instance, the Executive and Judiciary are complementing arms of government that must mutually respect each other’s functions. This week at the funeral of one Pitseng Gaoberekwe, President Duma Boko emphatically lashed out at the Judiciary, threatening to use his executive powers to oust some judges.The Judiciary as an arm of government is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the laws of the land. Their lordships are yoked with the...