UDC cllr losses with costs :: Mmegi Online

LOBATSE: Councillor Kennedy Otlaadisa of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has lost with costs, a case in which he dragged the Southern District Council (SDC) and its secretary to court seeking an interim interdict of a re-run of the recently held Kanye Administrative Authority elections.

Otlaadisa was elected the deputy chairperson of Kanye Administrative Authority back in May 22. In the elections, Thapelo Pelekekae of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won the chairperson seat by 12 votes against Tlhomamo Dibeela’s 10 votes. Otlaadisa won the deputy seat by 12 votes.

The council secretary then nullified the elections and called for a re-run on the basis that the elections were not genuine since they violated the council’s Standing Orders. The secretary was of the view that two ex-officio members should have taken part in the elections, something that the councillor did not condone on the basis that he was accordingly elected hence he had the right to claim the seat.

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