BCP pursues fraud charges against F/town West petitioners

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Mmegi investigations have revealed how some people named in the petition were not even aware that there was a by-election and one of them died in 2010.

The BCP president Dumelang Saleshando said his party is furthering its investigations into the fraudulent petition with a view of launching criminal charges against those behind the fraud.

“It appears that all the names of the petitioners were hand written by one or two persons and their signatures are very similar. In this regard, the BCP is working around the clock to have a hand writing expert examine the petition with a view to ascertaining the authenticity of the petitioners,” he said during a press conference to launch party’s ‘Democratic Alert No. 1 of 2013’ yesterday.

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