The meet-and-greet session with Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Commander Placid Segokgo and his counterpart Botswana Police Service (BPS) Commissioner Dinah Marathe on Sunday gave Boko assurance of the control of the crucial security organs that he direly needed for the duration of his presidency. Taking the oath of allegiance to the President, means Boko and his government are assured of the backing of the security organs in times of need. The two security organs moved early to declare their unshaken loyalty to the new regime and their willingness to serve and defend the new President and government.
One of the chief functions of the army and the police is to uphold and defend the Constitution against all possible threats, foreign and domestic. For the military to take the oath of loyalty to the President, it brings a sense of security and completeness to the President to enlist the support of the pillars of his government. In a closed-door meeting at the Office of the President yesterday, former president Mokgweetsi Masisi handed the team that he ran his government with to the new guard. Masisi had, however, indicated in an earlier open session that it was diametrically incumbent upon Boko to choose to continue with them or decide to come up with his new team. Boko was quick to declare that 'merit' would be the criterion that would determine how he would move forward with a team that served his predecessor.
