The warrant was issued after the 69-year-old former president failed to show up in courtroom to reply prices laid in opposition to him in April.
Botswana’s former president Ian Khama has filed an pressing courtroom software searching for to strike down an arrest warrant issued in opposition to him by a Justice of the Peace final week.
Courtroom papers launched on Thursday confirmed that he requested the excessive courtroom within the capital Gaborone to put aside the warrant or keep its execution, citing a scarcity of proof for his prosecution.
A warrant was issued after the 69-year-old, Botswana’s quick previous president, failed to show up in courtroom to reply prices laid in opposition to him in April.
They embrace illegal possession of a firearm, receiving stolen property and procuring the registration of a firearm by false pretence.
“The warrant of arrest threatens my proper to liberty in circumstances the place I've dedicated no crime … ought to this warrant of arrest not be stayed or put aside … I'd undergo irreparable hurt which can't be compensated for in any kind,” he mentioned within the submitting to contest the warrant.
Khama, whose late father Seretse was Botswana’s founding president, is in a dispute together with his successor, incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi which resulted in him quitting the ruling Botswana Democratic Occasion in 2019.
The previous chief has been dwelling in South Africa since November 2021.
His lawyer mentioned Khama continues to be ready to be given a date for the listening to. Khama has missed courtroom appearances since he was charged in April, saying he feared for his life in Botswana.
After serving as commander of the Botswana Defence Pressure, Khama was vp of the Southern African nation from 1998 to 2008 after which turned president when Festus Mogae retired.
Khama left workplace in 2018 after finishing two five-year phrases.
Since leaving the ruling get together, he has backed the Botswana Patriotic Entrance which broke off from the BDP.
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