BCP to take IEC to court?

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has threatened to take the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to court over its decision not to grant about 30,000 polling officers a separate day to cast their votes.

In an interview, BCP spokesperson Dumelang Saleshando argued that the move by the IEC to have polling officers vote on the same day as the rest of the public would make it impossible for them to vote and simultaneously attend to polling duties on the day.

Saleshando said that the IEC has even threatened the officers saying they "should choose between voting and executing their official duties" (of conducting elections).

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