PPADB refuses P1.4m payment toward IEC petitions legal fees

The board decision was taken in the February 6, 2020 sitting following the electoral body’s request for retroactive approval for provision of legal services by Minchin and Kelly (Botswana). 

The firm’s legal fees totalled a sum of P1,462,814.53, which was not approved. The IEC and the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) were forced to defend the outcome of the polls in court after the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) accused the parties of electoral fraud in the October 23, 2019 general elections.