Botswana govt to stop dancing to SA tune

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Botswana is contemplating a halt to the demands made by the South African government to make undertakings that criminal suspects facing serious charges, that may earn them death penalty would not be hanged, said the Attorney General Athalia Molokomme.

These undertakings are made during extradition processes of suspects who cross into South Africa after committing crimes in Botswana.

Addressing a workshop for Members of Parliament yesterday, on the issue of separation of powers for the three arms of government, she said the practice amounts to interference by the executive over the independence of the judiciary, and also unfair to other suspects, or convicts who face similar charges to those who fled to South Africa.

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