BCP, GCC campaign tensions reignite

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Just days after smoking the peace pipe, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Gaborone City Council (GCC) may be headed for another court battle over the placement of campaign posters.

Last week the BCP and the GCC settled out-of-court after the local authority conceded it had no defence in the case in which the opposition party was suing for the right to place its campaign material across the city.

The council agreed to pay the BCP’s legal costs of P13,000 as part of the settlement, and the party in turn, withdraw the counter-suit.

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BCP, GCC campaign tensions reignite

Just days after smoking the peace pipe, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Gaborone City Council (GCC) may be headed for another court battle over the placement of campaign posters.