The protest, expected to be held this Saturday is against the alleged involvement of Zimbabwe in the plot to rig Botswana's General Elections slated for next Wednesday.

Dithapelo Keorapetse, the outgoing UDC Chief Whip in parliament insisted that cheating was happening.

"Democracy, which Botswana is, although flawed, presupposes that rulers are chosen by the ruled and are removable by the ruled. In other words, government is subjected to a quinquennial review through universal adult suffrage in a one man, (or) woman one vote. 

President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his party, his friends in Zimbabwe and elsewhere should get the message that no one has given them the right to decide our fate fraudulently. We cannot allow rigging. It can only happen if we are not alive. It is our civic duty to protect the vote," Keorapetse said.

With less than 30 days before Botswana heads to the polls, the country's High Court has confirmed that four out of five candidates had the required support to run for presidential office in Botswana under the law. The incumbent, Mokgweetsi Masisi is among the four presidential candidates.
--ChannelAfrica--