Richard challenges law barring civil servants from political activism

Richard
Richard

Former Botswana National Youth League (BNFYL) president Khumoekae Richard says the government’s Public Service Act (PSA) section barring civil servants from engaging in politics is absurd.

Richard who has since joined the new movement, Alliance for Progressives (AP) brought a review application at Lobatse High Court last week seeking to compel the court to strike out section 37 (c) as unconstitutional and his dismissal from the public service declared unlawful.

Section 37 (c) of the PSA bars public servants from engaging in any political activity. It is meant to serve as a guide for political neutrality from civil servant. Now in the review application, Richard wants to challenge the lawfulness of his dismissal and the constitutionality of Section 37 (c) of the PSA, which was used to dismiss him from his duties in 2016 as a senior administrative officer in MP Phenyo Butale’s Gaborone Central constituency office.

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