RUTO TO ATTEND ALL TRIAL SESSIONS

THE ICC APPEALS CHAMBER HAS DECLINED TO EXCUSE DEPUTY PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO FROM CONTINUING AS ATTENDANCE AT HIS TRIAL IN A MAJORITY DECISION. IT SAYS THAT THE ACCUSED PERSON SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ON A CASE TO FACE BASIS BUT SHOULD NOT BE THE NORM. RUTO WANTED TO BE ALLOWED TO SKIP SOME OF THE SESSIONS TO ALLOW HIM BALANCE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION TO THE COUNTRY AND THE TRIAL.