Extra-Parliamentary politics should intensify

Many Batswana have given up hope on their legislature in terms of its ability to legislate or formulate public policy for the order and good of the country. More Batswana are increasingly becoming hopeless that Parliament can hold the executive arm of government accountable.

The law making body, especially the 11th Parliament, has become an instrument of subjugation at the disposal of the ruling party. It is used to pass laws and policies that tyrannize the workers, students and other groups. The ruling elite, who are clearly against democracy, seek to render Parliament useless in exercising its constitutional and or democratic function.

When the executive fails the voters, Parliament cannot be relied upon to save the situation. Parliament cannot deal with the issue of state capture-unprecedented corruption at a grand scale, decline of education and health, unemployment, poverty and income and wealth inequalities and lack of access to services. It cannot deal with the economy which is in the hands of foreigners and naturalized citizens who will leave the moment the country goes deep down. In fact some of these pseudo citizens have bought their citizenship clandestinely by paying bribes in the form of sponsorships to the ruling party politicians’ intra-party and national election campaigns.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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