Former Permanent secretary to the President (PSP) Carter Morupisi may live to rue the day he decided to tamper with fate by challenging his suspended sentence.
The Court of Appeal (CoA) will on Friday, July 26, 2024 make a determination whether to grant him leave to withdraw. This follows Morupisi’s u-turn after an initial decision to challenge the High Court judgment that gave him a suspended sentence for corruption and money laundering, a decision many believed was a slap on the wrist.
The twist in the matter came when Morupisi filed a notice to withdraw his appeal against the High Court judgment. However, what seemed like a straightforward legal maneuver quickly escalated into a contentious legal battle that now hangs on the precipice of the CoA.
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