Bofepusu To Lobby Mps On Civil Servants' Vote
Monday, July 27, 2020
Secretary general of Botswana Federation of Public, Parastatal and Private Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU), Tobokani Rari said they would lobby Members of Parliament (MPs) to push for public servants to be allowed to vote in political party primary elections.
“We have always said that voting does not start at national level, it starts with voting individuals at party level and we should allow civil servants to choose their preferred candidates. As it is right now, they vote people who were chosen for them by political parties who might be incapable,” he said. Rari added that despite it now being a case law that civil servants are not to vote in primary elections, it was now important to have legislators call for pieces of the law to address the issue.
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