UDC displeased as CoA rules in favour of IEC
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 | 4660 Views |
UDC vs IEC case at high court. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The apex court ruled this morning in favour of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), meaning the UDC agents popularly known as Madibela Tlhopho will not be granted access to names and national identity card numbers of individuals registering to vote and record the serial numbers of the registration booklets for each and every registration day at the opening and closing thereof.
This follows a High Court order that ruled in favour of the UDC, where the IEC was interdicted and restrained from preventing the UDC from observing and monitoring the national elections registration process. The UDC had approached the court to seek permission to closely monitor and observe the voter registration exercise ahead of the 2024 General Election.
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...