'IEC afraid of own skeletons'

Friday, January 17, 2020

Duma Boko at the High Court PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

President of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko has said the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) reasoning to block election material inspection was out of fear that more skeletons might tumble out of its closet.

In his response to the election body’s objection for ballot material inspection on Wednesday, Boko who is representing amongst others former Member of Parliament for Ghanzi North, Noah Salakae was questioning the IEC’s determination to block the inspection.

“The IEC are simply saying if the inspection is allowed you will find more chilling irregularities. But for us that is not what we are fishing for,” he said.

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