Dar es Salaam, Aug. 24 -- Fourteen state lawyers, led by Solicitor General, Dr Clement Mashamba, yesterday presented eight objection grounds, requesting the High Court in Dar es Salaam to dismiss with costs the case lodged by ousted Member of Parliament (MP) Tundu Lissu.
In his court action, Lissu, who was MP for Singida East Constituency (Chadema), seeks leave of the court to allow him to apply for prerogative orders against the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Attorney General (AG).
Through his defence counsel Peter Kibatala, Jeremih Ntobesya and John Malya, among others, the ousted MP applies for orders of mandamus against the Speaker for him to transmit to the court for inspection the declaration for his disqualification as an...