BDP govt should free Btv, play fair
Friday, April 30, 2010
The BTV news crew was very conspicuous with lights and cameras amidst the 200 or so people that sat and stood at a press conference called by the new Botswana Movement for Democracy at which Gomolemo Motswaledi announced that he was quitting the Botswana Democratic Party.
Conspicuous with their lights and cameras was also the state-owned Botswana Press Agency. While all the other media houses that attended published or aired the story about Motswaledi and Barata-Phathi, Botswana Television is yet to air its piece. Most likely, the story will not see the light of day.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...