BOMAWU, Editors Forum joint moratorium on BMD
Tuesday, December 05, 2017
Mr. Pilane’s newly found addiction of attacking journalists became publicly visibly first at his party’s bloody congress that was held in Bobonong village in July 2017. During the post July 2017 congress media interviews, Mr. Pilane and his party continued with their onslaught attacks on members of the fourth estate and extended the bully behavior even at the most recent congress that was held in Lobatse over the past weekend.
It was at the Lobatse congress where Mr. Pilane is on record threatening and expressing his wishes to harm journalists. BOMAWU wishes to make it clear that it takes very serious the BMD President’s threats including that of “bombing” the offices of The Voice Newspaper.
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...