Highcourt Judge Emmanuel Baguma orders that jailed Rt. Col Dr. Kiiza Besigye and his aide Hajji Obeid Lutale should plead to treason charges immediately without any further delay.
This is after Justice Baguma has dismissed a request by Dr. Besigye to suspend the trial and await a resolution of a Constitutional petition filed regarding the jurisdiction and competence of justice Baguma.
Justice Baguma has also refused the application by Dr. Besigye and Lutale to be released on bail.
In his ruling delivered today , Justice Baguma noted that it would be unfair to halt the trial and release the accused on bail without them telling court if they indeed committed the offense against them it not .
The judge has therefore ruled that even though he is mindful of the accused’s right to the presumption pf innocence, Besigye and Lutale should plead to the charges for which they were committed for trial in May and then if so they so wish, can apply to be released on bail.
However Dr. Besigye and his lawyers have voiced concerns that the plea -taking is an ambush because the said ruling was supposed to be delivered on mail last week in Tuesday .
By Nasser Kayanja