Saturday, March 14, 2009

Botswana Election Day Public Holiday Update 3

Sources: Botswana Press Agency (Gaborone) and Botswana public holidays (qppstudio.net). Addressing participants during a two-day national youth workshop on Monday, the Principal Public Relations Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Mr Osupile Maroba, said the prerogative to declare election day a public holiday lies with the president, adding that there is nothing that the commission can do in that regard if the law is not amended.