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BCP ON LEPOKOLE-BOROTSI BY-ELECTION VICTORY The BCP is heartened by Saturday 9th December 2023 results where it won the Borotsi - Lepokole ward in Bobirwa constituency with huge margins. The emphatic win was announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the 9th December 2023 following a poll on the same day. The Final Results show the BCP leading comfortably with 860 against ๐๐ƒ๐'๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ and ๐”๐ƒ๐‚'๐’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”. A total of 18 ballots were spoiled.Congratulations to Hon. Moalosi Afa. We wish him well in his new tour of duty. We also congratulate our Vice President and MP for Bobirwa Hon. Taolo Lucas, the campaigns manager, Hon. Councillor Koketso Moja and all the BCP cadres in the Bobirwa Constituency for leading the way. We congratulate other activists of the BCP from beyond the ward and constituency for their hard work and for this resounding victory for the ๐๐‚๐, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.The results also mark a turning point in the history of our country as they ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‚๐'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎr ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐.Batswana are tired of broken promises and are determined to eject BDP in 2024 and replace it with the BCP - KGOLOLO YA SECHABA. No amount of cheating or corrupt practices by the monied who think our people are purchasable should stop the winds of change that are blowing in our country. To those who want to exploit our people by giving them money to influence them to decide against a prosperous future for their children, we assure them that their approach will end in tears. Of course, our people need food parcels and money that our opponents offer them. Our message is; ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ; ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’. To all patriotic citizens, we need your votes in large numbers to form a new government for a new and better Botswana in 2024.As the BCP marches on we will, in the next 6 days (starting on Tuesday the 12th of December 2023) roll out a series of offerings and activities that will leave no one in doubt that ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š.We will announce our candidates who just emerged victorious in party primaries and also launch a summary of our signature manifesto promises. These activities and offerings are a befitting celebration of the Borotsi - Lepokole victory. We are humbled by this victory which has invigorated our people to work even harder to save our country from the ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ and to save our country from the debilitating corruption, poor governance and those intent on selling our country to the highest bidder. We urge our people to continue to work hard and leave nothing to chance. Please talk to your families, friends and relatives this festive season. We need to build an unbreakable covenant as already shown by the people at Borotsi - Lepokole. Through this victory we hope Batswana will be disabused, once and for all of the false narrative being peddled by doomsayers and apologists of the moribund and corrupt BDP regime that โ€œthere is still no alternativeโ€. 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Court legalises same sex relations

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History was made in Botswana following a landmark High Court  ruling on Tuesday to strike down colonial-era laws by declaring unconstitutional parts of section 164, 165 and 167 of the penal code, which criminalise same-sex relationships. 

Consequently, the high court ruling legalized of homosexuality resulting in diverse reactions from the local and international community on the decision. A panel of three high court judges led by Justice Michael Leburu, Abednego Tafa and Jennifer Dube delivered judgement in favour of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community.

In the ruling, the court struck down section 164 (a) and (c) which criminalized consensual same sex sexual conduct and have removed โ€œ privateโ€™โ€™ from acts of gross indecency criminalized under section 167. Section 164 reads that โ€œAny person who has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of natureโ€ or โ€œpermits any other person to have carnal knowledge of him or her against the order of nature is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven yearsโ€.

Section 165 of penal code notes that โ€œAny person who attempts to commit any of the offences specified in section 164 is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five yearsโ€.

Controversial local pastor Reverend Thabo Mampane welcomed the ruling with warm hands saying it has been long overdue citing that God doesnโ€™t discriminate any one. Speaking to this publication on the sidelines of court, Mampane indicated that he is fully aware that some of the religious leaders will condemn the high court decision as homosexuality is perceived as sin before God. โ€œI am a supporter of the LGBT community, very proud for the court to have struck down the sections of the penal code that criminalized same sex relations. LEGABIBOโ€™s victory belongs to all of us,โ€ he charged.

Reverend Mampane is known of embroiling in a fight back in 2016 against the USA radical anti-gay Pastor Steven Anderson in live interview on Gabz fm. Anderson who was then deported immediately made the remarks that gays deserve to be killed pointing Mampane who rebuked his sentiments in favour of the LGBT as a fake pastor.

 The attorney representing LEGABIBO on the matter Tshiamo Rantao said their submissions sought to repeal section 164 (a, c) and section 165 of the penal code that decriminalized same sex relations. Rantao who has turned out to be a hero for the multitudes of local gay community pondered that the two provisions were inhumane as it violated rights of the LEGABIBO members who were attached to the stigma from society. โ€œThe judges presented the ruling in a compelling manner which included elements of serious evident based research. This ruling moreover ensures that Botswana is making significant strides in human rights protection. To LEGABIBO members get it clear that the court ruling doesnโ€™t mean that you can marry for now,โ€™โ€™ Rantao said.

Congratulatory messages also poured in towards LEGABIBO from some of the international human rights advocacy organisations such as Amnesty International and European Union amongst others.

Colonial laws

Justice Leburu ruled that section 164 provision of the penal code to be unconstitutional referring to it as some kind of colonial old laws criminalizing same sex relations. He said the provisions of laws such as the Victorian era 1965 penal code which punishes same-sex relations with up to seven years in prisons hence declaring the penal code sections 164-165 to be unconstitutional.

He said section 164 and1 65 of the penal code proves to be ultra vires or opposite to section 3 and 15 respectively of the constitution which is the supreme governing law of the country.

Section 164 of the penal code according to Leburu promoted discrimination towards the LGBT community as it violated the fundamentals and freedoms rights of individuals as per section 3 of the constitution.

Section 15 of the constitution on the other hand emphasizes protection from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, race, and religion just to mention few.

โ€œState cannot be sheriff or regulator in of what goes on in peopleโ€™s bedrooms. Sexual orientation is human and itsโ€™ not a question of fashion hence the question of morality should not be the concerns of the law, โ€œJustice Leburu said delivering judgement.

Diabolical ruling

The ruling on legalizing same-sex relations received condemnation from other members of the society who took to the social media their dissatisfaction on the matter. Decision to legalise homosexuality is perceived by some including religious leaders to have turned Botswana into Sodom and Gomorrah nation similar to the state attorneyโ€™s submissions while  arguing the matter.

The state attorney noted in submitting that legalizing of homosexuality is evil as evidenced on the bible book of Genesis chapter 19 which resembles a society that sponsors homosexuality similar to the cursed cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Sodom and Gomorrah are depicted as sinful cities which were encompassed of massive homosexual practices before God destroyed them with fire.

Perception in Africa

A 2013 study report by the Pew Research Center indicated that homosexuality is widely rejected in most countries in Africa, with Botswana being the latest to join few countries that have enshrined homosexuality. South Africa has embraced homosexuality for quite some time being legal since 1996, while Angola decriminalized homosexuality earlier in the year. Other countries remain anti-homosexual evidenced by the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014 which made homosexual to be punishable by life imprisonment.

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