South Sudan’s court rejects Rick Mayar’s candidacy to stop the murder and betray

A special court in South Sudan has ruled that he has the jurisdiction to pursue the terminated deputy chairman Reyke Machar and seven defendants accused of murder, betrayal and crimes against humanity.

The court rejected all objections from the Legal Team of the MacAR with respect to its body, the constitutionality of the proceedings and the claim that it was immunized by the prosecution. The case will continue on Wednesday.

Machar has rejected Charges raised against him two weeks ago as a political “witch hunt”. They raised fears of a return to the Civil War.

The allegations stem from an attack in March by a militia, which is said to be related to a machar, which killed 250 soldiers and a general.

He has been under house arrest ever since.

The Mahar defense team claims that the alleged crimes should not be tried by a national court, but by a hybrid court under the African Union, in accordance with the peace agreement for 2018, which ended the five -year civil war between its forces and loyal to President Salva Kiir.

The court, however, claims that it has the authority to try national crimes, since no hybrid court has yet been created.

“The Special Court enjoys the jurisdiction to consider this case according to the Transitional Constitution 2011.

He also rejected the argument from the Machar team that he had immunity from the prosecutor’s office, adding that the provision was applied only to the president.

“The first Vice President has no constitutional immunity, according to the transitional constitution,” the judge said.

The court also kicked two of Mahar’s lawyers after prosecutors claimed that they did not have valid licenses.

The presidential judge has ruled that the two can only participate after they have renewed their licenses.

Mahari’s leading lawyer Gerry Raymondo Leguta Lubati told the court that his client and the co-blame were “subjected to a politicized media campaign” by ministers and other senior officials.

“For society, this behavior is an illegal and prior condemnation of our accused and a gross violation of the constitutional guarantee of presumption of innocence … The accused is innocent until it is beyond reasonable doubt,” he said.

The allegations have sparked fears of renewed conflict in the country, with the African Union and neighboring countries calling for peace in the world’s largest country, which gained independence from Sudan only in 2011 after decades of war.