BDP cllr fails to bar opponent :: Mmegi Online

SELEBI-PHIKWE: A ruling party councillor has failed in his bid to bar an opponent from challenging him in the general elections. Moses Serite of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has lost a court case in which he sought the removal of Oageng Makgosa of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) from the voters’ roll. The case was dismissed this week by senior magistrate Wanano Ngebani who is expected to advance reasons for the decision soon.

Serite wanted the court to order the removal of the names of Makgosa and five other respondents from the voters roll in the Sesame-Kagiso polling district. He argued that the six acted in conflict with the Electoral Act and disregarded a warning by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) not to cheat.

Serite stated that the particulars of the respondents’ residents are not true in that they gave plot numbers of the places they do not live in. “The respondents should not be allowed to vote in the 2014 general elections or stand to be voted for any leadership position,” he argued.

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