Botswana's democracy alive and well - Seretse

Responding to President Ian Khama's State of Nation address yesterdy, Seretse said the spirit of democracy is very much alive as witnessed by the robust debates in Parliament.
To critics who have doubts about Botswana's democracy, he said, they should know that the views that they express cannot be allowed in other countries.

Seretse said he does not feel that 43 years is long enough to warrant a review of the Republican Constitution.  He re-affirmed his support for presidential immunity.  To him, immunity cannot be qualified. But Mogoditshane MP, Patrick Masimolole reminded Seretse that nobody had said that the Constitution should be reviewed because of the provision that deals with immunity.  Masimolole said people were saying the Constitution should be reviewed because it has been there for a long time. However, Seretse reiterated that 43 years was not long enough to talk about a revolution.