‘Give us a chance to vote our own President’ :: Mmegi Online

After the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) swept the board in the southern-based constituencies during the 2019 General Election in a historic feat, things are now falling apart for the President. The presidential constitutional review commission is now seemingly pitting President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s administration against his southern ‘supporters’.

The Presidential Commission of Enquiry into the Review of the Constitution led by former chief justice Maruping Dibotelo started its public consultation meetings in Tlokweng before proceeding to Ramotswa, Otse/Mogobane and Lobatse in the South East District this week.

Historically, these areas – except maybe for Ramotswa that previously exchanged between the BDP and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) – have been the opposition stronghold.

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