Mon, 29 May 2017 12:44:14 +0000 HH treason trial’s forwards and backwards Dear Editor, The good news is that the trial of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has to wait for a determination regarding the validity of the certificate committing him and five others for trial in the High Court, which the defence legal team is challenging. The bad news is that there is no real freedom for the incarcerated UPND leader to speak of either. What we have instead is a tense judicial stand-off, and nobody is really sure what is going to happen next (“HH treason fate in limbo”, Daily Nation, May 27, 2017). As Lusaka Magistrate David Simusamba allowed defence lawyers to seek judicial review over the Certificate of Committal signed by a Deputy Chief State Advocate on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), seemed to be a problem. In short, the defence lawyers have not accepted the decision made by […]
