BCP, BDP point fingers over by-election violence

In an interview with Mmegi after the by-election, BCP deputy campaign manager, Onneetse Ramogapi claimed ruling party operatives had terrorised BCP voters during the elections. He said the BDP had inserted marshals at every entrance of the polling stations to “scare and instill fear in voters”.

“The war nearly erupted at the UCCSA polling station after some of our voters were threatened by the BDP marshals not to vote but nothing was done by the presiding officers,” said Ramogapi. He further claimed that BDP activists had been seen distributing voters’ rolls at the polling station, which was also against the law.