The hearing of the Constitutional application filed by the 14 jailed former MPs is close to complete after the last of the applicants gave their testimonies Tuesday.
While he was still the deputy prime minister, Moana Carcasses and the other applicants who were ministers and members of parliament allegedly showed up at the Magistrate court premises on June 12 last year for the bribery case.
The applicants claim in their constitutional application that during that time parliament was in session and they are under parliamentary immunity as enshrined in Article 27 (2) of the Constitution.
Vanuatu Daily Post reports that while some of the former MPs admitted that they are aware of that particular privilege to some extent, the reason why they did show up in court has been revealed.
During their testimonies, the applicants told the court they were no aware of any summons to appear in court but following the advice of their lawyers, they were complying to bail conditions.
One of the bail conditions which were understood to be set before the parliament session was for the applicants to turn up in court that day.
If the applicants, some of which are represented by the leader of opposition and seasoned lawyer, Ishmael Kalsakau successfully prove to the court that their rights were infringed, they would seek for the court to quash the decision of the bribery case of 2015 and all the other related cases
The case continues today.