BCP finally sues IEC

In its writ of summons dated March 20, 2017 filed on the IEC secretary Keireng Zuze, chairperson Justice Abednego Tafa and the Attorney General (AG), the BCP claims all sections of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, Act No. 7 of 2016 which provide “for the replacement of voting by ballot paper with voting by electronic voting machine are hereby declared unconstitutional and in violation of Section 32 (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Botswana and are hereby set aside and struck out”.

The BCP states that all sections of Act No. 7 of 2016 which provide for the replacement of voting by ballot paper with voting by Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) be declared unconstitutional as they are in violation of Section 3 as read with Sections 12, 13 and 67 of the Constitution and should be set aside and struck out.