Thaw in BDP-media links welcome

Following that retreat, BDP executive secretary Dr Comma Serema was reported on Btv indicating that the party has resolved to improve lines of communications with the media, particularly the independent media.  We welcome the ruling party's new vision and the way of doing public business.

This is a welcome development in that the ruling party's government has always tended to treat the independent media as political adversaries, and at times literally equating them to the opposition.  More often than not, the BDP has characterised the independent media as an integral part of the opposition body politic.