CoD court case delayed

A FACTION of the opposition party Congress of Democrats (CoD) on Friday filed a motion in the Windhoek High Court against two party members.

T h e m o t i o n – number 44 on a list of over 70 motions put before Judge Mavis Gibson in the motion court – was postponed. The faction under CoD President Ben Ulenga is suing Nora Schimming- Chase and Ignatius Shixwameni for allegedly withholding party funds received from the National Assembly to run the CoD Parliamentary office.”The motion was opposed by the respondents and postponed.Now a court date will have to be arranged later this year to hear the matter,” defence lawyer Irvin Titus told The Namibian in the courtroom on Friday.The party split into two factions after controversial party elections during a CoD congress in Keetmanshoop in May last year.Both factions claim to be the authentic CoD “majority” group.A n o t h e r C o D court case will start today, where the Shixwameni group will hear if their case against the Ulenga faction and the allegedly rigged Keetmanshoop elections will be successful or not.The faction under CoD President Ben Ulenga is suing Nora Schimming- Chase and Ignatius Shixwameni for allegedly withholding party funds received from the National Assembly to run the CoD Parliamentary office.”The motion was opposed by the respondents and postponed.Now a court date will have to be arranged later this year to hear the matter,” defence lawyer Irvin Titus told The Namibian in the courtroom on Friday.The party split into two factions after controversial party elections during a CoD congress in Keetmanshoop in May last year.Both factions claim to be the authentic CoD “majority” group.A n o t h e r C o D court case will start today, where the Shixwameni group will hear if their case against the Ulenga faction and the allegedly rigged Keetmanshoop elections will be successful or not.