The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Thato ya batho ke ona motheo wa bothati jwa puso; se, se tla tlhagisiwa ka ditlhopho tsa nako le nako tsa boammaaruri, tse di tla bong e le tsa boditshabatshaba mme di tla tshwarwa ka boutu ya sephiri kgotsa ka dithulaganyo dingwe tse di lekalekanang le tse di gololosegileng tsa go bouta.