UDC election petition legal cost yet to be determined

Friday, July 10, 2020

UDC 2019 general elections parliamentary candidates PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Legal costs in the matter between Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) are yet to be finalised as the issue has been referred to the Registrar of the High Court to assess whether the costs were properly meted out against opposition coalition.

In the cost dispute, before court, the BDP had given UDC 14 days period in which to have paid close to P6 million following its loss of elections petitions regarding the 2019 general elections.

The legal tussle came after 14 members of the UDC took some members of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to court claiming that they had cheated in the 2019 general election.

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UDC election petition legal cost yet to be determined

Legal costs in the matter between Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) are yet to be finalised as the issue has been referred to the Registrar of the High Court to assess whether the costs were properly meted out against opposition coalition.

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