Independent Electoral Commission of Botswana

Parliament and Independent Electoral Commission of Botswana, oversight institutions that Botlhomilwe and Molebats: (2014) regard as “too weak to carry out their mandate of providing checks and balances” Elections in Botswana take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a parliamentary system. The National Assembly is mostly directly elected, and in turn elects the President and some of its own members. The Ntlo ya Dikgosi is a mixture of appointed, hereditary and indirectly elected members.