We will search every vehicle including the police – Boko
Friday, October 11, 2024 | 1900 Views |
Police officers during election. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
As Botswana heads to the polls later this month, Boko is convinced that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) with the help of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will try to rig the elections as it allegedly did in 2019.
Boko, who formed Madibela Tlhopho said the IEC secretary Jeff Siamisang is misleading by saying that people will be arrested if they stay at the polling stations after voting. “We don’t have any law of that sort therefore, no police has the right to arrest a person for waiting at the polling stations. Everyone has the right to protect their voting after casting it. We don’t want them to steal our votes,” he told UDC members recently during the launch of Kgatleng East MP candidate.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...