Saleable voters defend vote buying
Friday, February 02, 2024 | 290 Views |
Some Batswana demand to be offered incentives, such as groceries, money, or t-shirts
Vote buying is the offer of money, material goods or services to voters by election contestants (political parties or candidates) in exchange for votes.
Some Batswana demand to be offered incentives, such as groceries, money, or t-shirts, in exchange for registering to vote, or vote in elections.
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...