Francistown West by-election: the BDP blinked

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Following the court order that barred the registration of its candidate with the IEC for the Francistown West by-election, the ruling BDP had two options for redress: either to withdraw the by-election writ and issue a new one in order to start the process afresh and enable its candidate to stand, or take the legal route and challenge both the court order and the IEC's refusal to register its candidate. It chose the legal route.

 


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