{"id":56325,"date":"2024-10-04T06:59:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae"},"modified":"2024-10-04T07:22:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T07:22:24","slug":"opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The opposition parties are demanding that Justice Mokwadi Chris Gabanagae recuse himself from the case in which the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and others are challenging the recent government appointment of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Commissioners.<\/b><\/p>\n

Letter to the bench clerk<\/p>\n

In a letter, the UDC and other opposition parties wrote to the bench clerk and Gabanagae through Moahi Attorneys, citing previous working relations with some of the appointed IEC Commissioners as the main reason for calling for his recusal. \u201cThe basis of the recusal is that the learned Gabanagae served on the delimitation commission with the trio from the time of appointment in May 2022 until February 2023, when they handed in the report. This proximity existed and continued for a period of nine months. The concerned Judge and the trio in this matter were colleagues and members of the said commission, which sat for meetings, deliberated, and traversed the country conducting public consultations. Therefore, this possible closeness of the said trio with Gabanagae creates a perception of bias as this matter further concerns the lawfulness of their appointments,\u201d the opposition parties stated.<\/p>\n

Perception of bias<\/p>\n

The combined opposition maintained that it is a matter of settled law that when there is a likelihood of bias or the perception that a Judge would likely be biased, the latter ought to recuse themselves. \u201cIn view of the above, may we have an indication from Gabanagae if he will be recusing himself, or rather, let us make an application to the court on the day the matter is called,\u201d the opposition added.<\/p>\n

Panel of judges<\/p>\n

Justice Gabanagae is part of a panel of three judges expected to hear the case in which the UDC and others are challenging the recent appointment of the IEC Commissioners. Gabanagae is joined by Justices Michael Leburu and Ookeditse Maphakwane.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. The opposition parties are demanding that Justice Mokwadi Chris Gabanagae recuse himself from the case in which the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and others are challenging the recent government appointment of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Commissioners. Letter to the bench clerk In a letter, the UDC and other opposition parties […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,244],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-56325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-to-homepage","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nOpposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The opposition parties are demanding that Justice Mokwadi Chris Gabanagae recuse himself from the case in which the U ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The opposition parties are demanding that Justice Mokwadi Chris Gabanagae recuse himself from the case in which the U ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-04T06:59:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-04T07:22:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-04T06:59:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-04T07:22:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae\",\"name\":\"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae - Botswana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-04T06:59:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-04T07:22:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The opposition parties are demanding that Justice Mokwadi Chris Gabanagae recuse himself from the case in which the U ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\",\"name\":\"Botswana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae - Botswana","description":"The opposition parties are demanding that Justice Mokwadi Chris Gabanagae recuse himself from the case in which the U ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae","og_description":"The opposition parties are demanding that Justice Mokwadi Chris Gabanagae recuse himself from the case in which the U ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae","og_site_name":"Botswana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-10-04T06:59:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-04T07:22:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae","datePublished":"2024-10-04T06:59:38+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-04T07:22:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae"},"wordCount":324,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg","keywords":["Botswana"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","parties","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae","name":"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae - Botswana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-04T06:59:38+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-04T07:22:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The opposition parties are demanding that Justice Mokwadi Chris Gabanagae recuse himself from the case in which the U ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/10\/sm_1728013890.63226.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opposition-parties-demand-the-recusal-of-justice-gabanagae#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Opposition Parties Demand the Recusal of Justice Gabanagae"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/","name":"Botswana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}