Goya fully supported Masisi for BDP Chairmanship
Monday, July 27, 2015

Master Goya during Parliament.Pic.Kagiso Onkatswitse
In the story I the undersigned, Hon. Moiseraele Master Goya is listed as one of the cabinet ministers who defied the norm by not supporting His Honour the Vice President’s bid for the chairmanship of the Botswana Democratic Party. To quote your reporter, “Also not on the vice president’s camp were Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development Moiseraele Master Goya.” The statement by your reporter suggesting that I did not rally behind Masisi is not only unfortunate but it is incorrect, inaccurate, misleading and malicious. For the record and for your own information, it is an open secret that I fully supported and rallied behind the Vice President and even went to an extent of lobbying others in my constituency and elsewhere to vote for his Honour. Yours Sincerely
Hon Moiseraele Master Goya
While every citizen, including the Head of State, has the right to voice opinions, the tone and context of the President’s comments were regrettably dismissive and risk chilling free expression in our country. The remarks are not isolated. They form part of a disturbing pattern of public attacks on independent institutions pillars essential to the healthy functioning of our democracy. The Judiciary, the Legislature, and now the media have all...