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Quotes: "The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape
- Vaclav Havel"
Botswana : A nation at Cross Roads Madam Speaker and colleagues allow me to respond to the address by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Botswana. I will do so by presenting the state of our nation as we see it....
Botswana Elections 2009 : Election Wrap-up voter Turnout and results The 2009 general election produced the highest overall voter turnout ever recorded in Botswana. According to figures supplied by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) at least 544,031 valid votes were cast for Parliamentary candidates in the just concluded General Election, a substantial 23% increase over the previous highest turnout in 2004.
