BDP re-looks civil servants policy

The Botswana Democratic Party special appeals committee will meet today to address the barring of civil servants by the party’s Electoral Board from voting in the next Bulela Ditswe re-run. The re-runs will be held at Mahalapye West, Gaborone Central and Mmadinare constituencies.

What has sent candidates for the primaries reeling is that civil servants being scrapped from the voter’s roll will be unfair to those who are yet to slug it out in the coming re-runs. 

This means that some names of the people who are believed to be civil servants will not be allowed to vote in the southern region whereas in the northern region civil servants had already voted.  Public servants were barred from voting only in the second batch of the BDP primaries, and the subsequent re-runs.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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