Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has ordered the conduct of the country’s general elections on October 23rd, as tensions rise with his alienated predecessor, Ian Khama, the man who put him in the top job.
Khama, whose father led the country to independence, has accused Masisi of becoming an autocrat and threatening the country’s reputation as an encouragement of stability.
An official of the Botswana’s National Election Commission, Osupile Maroba said Masisi has called for the holding of the 2019 General Elections to fill the fifty seven National Assembly vacancies and four hundred and ninety local government vacancies.
The last date for nominations is September 26th.
The country has been ruled by the Botswana Democratic Party uninterruptedly since it gained independence from Britain in 1966 and will this year come face to face with the opposition coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change.
