Diaspora Batswana get franchise for councilors

LOBATSE HIGH COURT
LOBATSE HIGH COURT

The High Court has declared that outside based voters are entitled to vote for both Member of Parliament and councillor as a constitutional right.

In an order delivered recently by Lobatse High Court Judge, Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa declared that it was unreasonable for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to deny voters to vote for both candidates while the IEC Act does not prohibit the practice.

The judgement, which has set precedence for other voters outside the country, came after one voter, Bakotelo Mmipi had taken the IEC and its secretary to court for denying him to vote for all candidates in his polling station.

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End the GammaNgwato chieftainship spats

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