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BCP moves to compel IEC to release digital voters roll

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The BCP filed a complaint with the Judge President of the Court of Appeal Tau

Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has filed a case with the Maun High Court urgently seeking that the court compels the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to provide the party with a digital voters roll.

This comes just a day after BCP President, Dumelang Saleshando announced at a press briefing that the party had identified that some people had registered to vote more than once in different areas.

Through attorneys, Monthe Marumo & Co, the BCP filed a complaint with the Judge President of the Court of Appeal Tebogo Tau to the effect that it settled for an urgent application which was submitted to the Civil Registry on Thursday morning but had not received any communication by mid day.

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