Boko sneers at �fair� elections

Duma Boko addressing media and public outside court PIC TSELE TSEBETSAME
Duma Boko addressing media and public outside court PIC TSELE TSEBETSAME

The Leader of the Opposition, Duma Boko scornfully says the recent general elections were skewed in favour of the ruling party which “controlled and abused” state resources, but still emerged with a dramatically reduced majority.

Responding officially to the State of the Nation Address yesterday afternoon, Boko said despite the “pompous rhetoric” by “defenders of the status quo” the recent elections had only been a mask of democracy.

“While many may contend that the elections were generally free, it would amount to unconscious fantasies and self-deception to suggest that the elections were fair,” he said in his inaugural address to Parliament.

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