No love lost in the BDP primaries
Friday, January 19, 2018
The majority of the candidates in the internal ruling party contests this weekend would need a lot of time and resources to convince voters to take them to Parliament. This is because many are newbies and the rest have been rejected at the polls before. This is the Mmegi assessment of the strength of the parliamentary hopefuls in each of the 10 constituencies.
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...