Moswaane has freedom of association - UB experts

Ignitious Moswaane PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
Ignitious Moswaane PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

In the wake of the defection of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Francistown West, Ignatius Moswaane, from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) on Tuesday, MMEGI Staffer LEBOGANG MOSIKARE canvassed two University of Botswana (UB) Political Science experts who are of the view that Moswaane has the right to associate and disassociate.

FRANCISTOWN: While it is a truism that Moswaane’s defection from the BDP is a bitter pill to swallow for some of his constituents and general BDP members across the country, lecturers Adam Mfundisi and Dr Leornard Sesa from Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the UB say the MP has done nothing wrong but has merely exercised his constitutional right of associating with and dissociating from the organisation he voluntarily joined.

When asked what may have prompted Moswaane, who for now has not joined any opposition party although rumours are abound that he is likely to join the Botswana Congress Party which is an affiliate of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), to defect from the BDP, Mfundisi was blunt in his opinion.

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