Special Court for Sierra Leone, CDF Trial, Update 69

CDF Trial

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

English

Oral arguments on the Norman and Fofana Motions for an Issuance of a Subpoena Ad Testificandum to President Kabbah1 were heard by Trial Chamber I on Tuesday. The Attorney General, representing the President, argued, in rebuttal of the defence’s submissions, that Kabbah was not subject to the authority of the Special Court. Furthermore, if a subpoena was indeed issued the Attorney General noted that the President would not necessarily obey it. The prosecution focused its arguments against the motion in question on the alleged relevance of a decision in the Milosevic case, which set out standards required for the issuance of a subpoena by a court. Witnesses led in evidence by the Norman defence team this week included former Vice President Dr. Demby, who continued his testimony from the previous week. M.T. Collier, an elder of Talia, and Osman Vandy, a Kamajor fighter, also testified.