The Supreme Court today begun its hearing of evidences from parties involved in the application filed by Peter O’Neill on the validity of the November 17 parliament sitting.
A five-men Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika today accepted the evidences produced in the high court and agreed to proceed to hear the substantive matter as it closed submissions on evidence.
A late submission by the Attorney Generals lawyer Nemo Yalo to include the legality of the November 13 parliament sitting as well was refused by the 5-men bench after Mr Yalo asked the court to deal with the issues in totality and have both sitting dates argued in court.
The court adjourned briefly for lunch after hearing a lengthy submission on evidences from Peter O’Neill’s lawyer Greg Shepard.
Meantime heavy police presence manning the road towards the court house premise prevented crowds from gathering this morning.