By-elections costs worry BCP but IEC unperturbed
Friday, May 12, 2023 | 180 Views |

Pheko PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
The BCP, a disgruntled member of the Umbrella for Democratic Party (UDC) is still stuck in the opposition coalition because their exit will trigger nationwide by-elections.
In 2020 Parliament passed a floor crossing law amending the Constitution of Botswana to safeguard voters’ interests and democracy. The law now causes a vacancy in the event a Member of Parliament (MP), elected as a candidate for a political party, resigns from a political party.
Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...