Moupo U-Turns On Civil Service Militarisation

Addressing a political rally at Gaborone's Notwane grounds on Saturday, Moupo changed his tone as he slammed the "appointment of military men to strategic positions in the civil service".  He said in a democratic set up, "you cannot appoint soldiers to posts that should be done by civilian professionals". Moupo said soldiers have been posted to government departments like the Central Transport Organisation (CTO) and a police officer at the Botswana Television (Btv). 

The BNF leader expressed concern that the appointment of soldiers to civilian posts is putting Botswana's democracy under threat. He said Batswana would be doing themselves a great injustice if they allowed President Ian Khama to remain in power for another five years.  He charged that under Khama, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has no respect for democracy. He told the rally that even in the BDP there is no democracy since Khama took over.  To him, this shows that Khama is not a democrat.