WATCH: Mogae vents his frustration with Khama
| Thursday August 14, 2014 13:00
Asked regarding criticising incumbent presidents Mogae said; 'In my country for example, we are regressing. The problem is if you criticize your successor, people think you want to rule from the grave.
We were a small country that ran an open economy and open society. But our present government has expelled over 2000 foreign professionals over the last six years.
When I was president I would have invited you to a debate, anywhere, anytime in Botswana anywhere else...express my views, accept yours and challenging those with which i did not agree. I was able to do that with Mbeki, with Obasanjo, and President Mukapa here... In my country, however, I did my best endeavour, by passing laws and so on. What is happening is that the present regime does not respect the rule of law: it is inward looking. We have prospered in the past because we used professionals from all countries including Tanzania..and we trained our people in south Africa, and in Nigeria, and in Ghana.'