President without obligation: a public scrutiny illusion

Friday, May 17, 2019

President Mokgweetsi Masisi PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

This treatise acknowledges that any President should be given enough powers to rule and avoid a state of anarchy but no one including the President should be a law onto himself. Law is not merely nor necessarily an instrument of control but a means to achieving Justice.

Those given power and authority to rule should not be concerned with control but primarily be concerned with accountability.

The principle of separation of powers needs to be intact in order to bring checks and balances, more especially in ensuring that the executive does not override or render other branches marginalised, subjugated and virtually non-existent.

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President without obligation: a public scrutiny illusion

This treatise acknowledges that any President should be given enough powers to rule and avoid a state of anarchy but no one including the President should be a law onto himself. Law is not merely nor necessarily an instrument of control but a means to achieving Justice.