Batswana have no time for clowns
Friday, August 03, 2007
The man is over the moon despite the votes for his party, or is it his new party, the Botswana National Front (BNF) tumbling down to a paltry and mere 58 votes. This is the same man who a few months back made a pronouncement that the BCP is not a viable project and will not amount to anything in an election.
Kgosipula is nostalgic about the way he used to amuse people by hackling the head of state and influencing people to go against the law. Upon realizing that the likes of Phagenyane Phage and his comrades in the BCP are no longer clowns who are in politics just to amuse people, he jumped ship and enlisted in the amusement party they call the BNF, with a Mickey Mouse central committee like his comrade Tafa would say. It is for this reason that I say, whilst the biggest opposition party in the country is busy amusing people without offering any alternatives to the BDP policies, then indeed the BDP will rule until the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Don't get excited Kgosipula, Christ is not here yet. I thought Kgosipula would be a worried man when his new party, which used to boast of being the biggest opposition party, remember big brother, is now in the league of independent candidates.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...