Let's Be Constructive In Our Criticism

Monday, April 09, 2018

The fifth President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi was inaugurated on April 1, 2018. While a section of the population welcomed the new President, there were those, mostly from opposition political parties, who felt President Masisi was not the right candidate for presidency, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Botswana is considered a democracy, and its citizens enjoy free speech to a certain extent, hence the many analysis, and critical opinions published by different people on various platforms.

Almost all local newspapers published analyses, opinion pieces, before and after the inauguration, and some members of the society decided to voice their opinion via social media platforms, especially Facebook.

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