Will Khama give opposition cabinet posts? :: Mmegi Online

In what could be history in the making in Botswana politics, political commentators, the public and some members of different political parties, have predicted that opposition members in parliament could be offered cabinet posts when Vice-President, Ian Khama takes over in March 2008.

Khama is expected to take over from President Festus Mogae early next year. First to predict is the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) vice president, Kesitegile Gobotswang in his opinion letter that appeared in Mmegi dated Wednesday 17, October 2007 recently titled 'Bye, bye democracy! Welcome dictatorship'.

He said: "Khama might use all his might and the state machinery to destroy the opposition parties. Being a man of surprises, it will not be surprising if he co-opts some opposition members of parliament into cabinet". Gobotswang added that other critical persons associated with opposition parties could be offered diplomatic assignments to silence them.

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