Duma Boko Petitions Constituency Election Outcome
Monday, November 18, 2019
Duma Boko at the polling station KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) Anna Mokgethi was declared the winner with 6,933 votes against UDC president Duma Boko’s 4,495 votes, while Alliance For Progressives’ (AP) Dr. Kaelo Molefe garnered 1,047 votes with Real Alternative Party’s (RAP) Onkemetse Clark Lerubisi trailing behind with 56 votes.
“Our client has instructed us to institute an election petition on his behalf in the High Court of Botswana complaining about the undue election of one Anna Mokgethi, who on October 24, 2019 was declared the victor in respect of the Gaborone Bonnington North constituency elections in which you were also a candidate.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...