Court To Rule On Kaudwane/Serilatholo Petition

Maneke Segootsane PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Maneke Segootsane PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

The Gaborone High Court will this week make a ruling on whether general elections results for Kaudwane/Sorilatholo ward in Takatokwane constituency should be declared null and void.

A panel of three judges, Gaopalelwe Ketlogetswe, Itumeleng Segopolo and Omphemetse Motumise will deliver the ruling. The petitioner, Maneke Segootsane of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) contend that there was Alliance for Progressives’ (AP) symbol on the ballot paper, yet the party did not contest in that particular ward.

According to court papers, AP had not nominated a candidate for the said council election and therefore its symbol confused voters. Segootsane got 486 votes while Gopolang Tower Segwaba of Botswana Democratic Party garnered 525 voters.

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