Analysts, MPs have mixed reactions on Winter Parley

The analysts have noted that a major development is perhaps that Parliament was broadcast live, which gave the public an opportunity to be part of the parliamentary debates and see how their representatives performed in the House..  “There is completely nothing to write home about. This is the time that we had expected our Parliament to cooperate on issues affecting people especially during the pandemic, because people are losing jobs, companies are closing and our economy is going down. That is what other countries are doing, but here the story is different,” said a political analyst Lesole Machacha.

He added: “Unemployment is going to go high and that will not be good for the country. We had expected Parliament to discuss how they will inject money to revive the economy and to ensure that private companies do not collapse, but that issue was not addressed. Instead the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has been using its numbers to block important motions. We expected MPs to support each other for the best interest of Batswana”.