EVM Case Rages on

EVM PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
EVM PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRANCISTOWN: The cat-and-mouse case launched by the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) against the Attorney General (AG), Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Secretary to the IEC raged before Justice Lot Moroka on Friday.

The case that can aptly be summed by the idiom “so near and yet so far” will go for trial from April 8- 12, 2019. The attorney for the BCP, Dutch Leburu told the court that the Friday hearing was set to deal with subpoenas that the applicant issued against the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB).

“We sought from the PPADB any correspondence between it and the Office of the President (OP) or any government department or the IEC in relation to the procurement of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).  We have had discussions with PPADB. They have provided us with documents that we will file. They also promised to furnish us with all the remaining documents,” said Leburu.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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