South Sudan Court Deemed "Illegal" by Lawyer
A lead defence lawyer for South Sudan's suspended First Vice President Riek Machar, Geri Raimondo Legge, argued that the special court trying his client is operating unlawfully.
Legge claimed the court's legal mandate expired last week, adding fresh legal and political complications to the high-profile trial.
The court has become jurisdictionally incompetent and unlawful
is what Legge told the panel, as he filed a motion seeking to dismiss the case and secure the release of all eight accused.
- The court was established by a ministerial order with a one-month mandate from Sept. 9.
- Machar's party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), has dismissed the trial as politically motivated.
Author's summary: Lawyer argues South Sudan court is unlawful.
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