BDP rapport farfetched in election year
Friday, April 12, 2019

BDP Congress PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
FRANCISTOWN: It would have been a proper test of inner party democracy if Venson-Moitoi and her New Jerusalem political formation had contested the weekend party presidential race.
Emerging from a taxing case where she had taken her party to court citing bias and a plethora of irregularities against the party structures and its top leadership, presidential candidate, Venson-Moitoi is visibly not a happy person at all.
While every citizen, including the Head of State, has the right to voice opinions, the tone and context of the President’s comments were regrettably dismissive and risk chilling free expression in our country. The remarks are not isolated. They form part of a disturbing pattern of public attacks on independent institutions pillars essential to the healthy functioning of our democracy. The Judiciary, the Legislature, and now the media have all...