(30 Oct 2024)
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Gaborone, Botswana – 30 October 2024
1. Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) leader Duma Boko casting his vote
2. Tilt up from Boko’s ballot paper to his face
3. Various of Boko inserting ballot paper into box
4. Boko leaving polling station
5. Sign outside polling station reading "Masetlheng Kgotla"
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Duma Boko, leader of Umbrella for Democratic Change:
"The Umbrella for Democratic Change has canvased enough and we are confident that we’ve garnered more than enough support to win every ward, every constituency we have contested and that is the idea."
7. Duma Boko with media
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Duma Boko, leader of Umbrella for Democratic Change:
"We are worried about all these things because they speak to the integrity of the process and they tell you that we’re dealing with an IEC (Independent Electoral Commission) that is hellbent on ensuring that we do not have free, fair and credible elections, but we make do with what we have. We have put in place our own measures to ensure that we monitor."
8. Boko being interviewed by media
STORYLINE:
Botswana’s main opposition leader Duma Boko of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) party cast his vote on Wednesday in the capital Gaborone.
The Botswana Democratic Party has been in power in the southern African nation for 58-years since independence from Britain in 1966.
The election will decide the makeup of Parliament and lawmakers will later elect the president.
Counting is expected to start straight after polls close on Wednesday evening and the results could be announced within days.
AP video by Nqobile Ntshangase
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