Can we trust politicians?

Friday, September 26, 2014

Revelations that former Members of Parliament (MP) from all political parties hatched successfully secretive plans to extend their privileges beyond the dissolution of Parliament is yet another clear indication that some politicians are self serving, with huge appetites for material wealth. Below are some of the events that clearly show that politicians are not always trustworthy.

March 2010

Disgruntled members of Botswana Democratic Party gather in Mogoditshane to establish the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). There is excitement at the newborn baby who is first born of the BDP at the age of 44-years-old. In less than 24 months, some of the founders of BMD have returned to their mother and they call their baby all sorts of names. They even accuse their baby of lacking vision and direction.

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