BFA campaigns reach boiling point

Expression of interest for candidates intending to contest in the elections closed this week Tuesday. Former BFA vice president, Tariq Babitseng and current first vice president, Masego Ntshingane, confirmed they had submitted their papers to contest. Incumbent, Maclean Letshwiti is expected to seek a third term. "Yes, I’m contesting for the BFA presidency. Yes, I have submitted my name as candidate number one for BFA president,” Babitseng said yesterday. Ntshingane said he would respect the electoral process and therefore declined to comment. The BFA Elections Committee will now begin the vetting process with the announcement of the final list of candidates scheduled for July 29. But Babitseng wants Letshwiti disqualified from the process.

“I don’t foresee any challenges because if all things being equal, the current president should not be able to contest since he has reached the limit both of term and age. But we have since picked up that they have extended the term of office and age to suit him without going through the right process,” he said.