State Withdraws Charges against Lukwago and Besigye Michael Ntezza Besigye and Lukwago in the dock The state has withdrawn the cases in which Dr. Kizza Besigye and the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago were charged with holding a meeting under a banned pressure group, 4GC. Lino Anguzo, the State Prosecutor involved in the case which was supposed to resume today, informed Buganda Road Magistrate, Isanyu Mukasa that the state had withdrawn these charges from the two. Lukwago has describe this action as part of government’s plan to prevent this case from setting a precedent which would be used to save other suffering Ugandans who are charged in court after being tortured and detained for longer than the legal forty eight hours. “The state has decided to withdraw this case after accomplishing their deal of destabilizing us during the impeachment days since I was arrested in the period when the Minister was preparing to hold a meeting with councilors preparing for my impeachment” said Lukwago Lukwago adds that they are not going to relax until they get redress from the constitutional court to decide, “If it’s constitutional to torture a suspect or to detain him for more than forty eight hours without producing him in court, the law states that once it’s done on a suspect and he is later brought to court the charges against him cannot stand” Lukwago further adds that they are not going to take this matter for granted but they are going to seek for compensation from the state for the time wasted and for the mistreatment they got while in Police custody. Besigye and Lukwago were arrested for holding a meeting on 19th of July 2013 under ‘For God and my country’, a pressure group which that had been declared unlawful.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:33:44 +0000