How a dead man petitioned Khama
Monday, December 02, 2013
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But Ignatius Moswaane, the man who is at the centre of the Hollywood-style script as the preferred candidate for the BDP in the by-election, is denying any privy knowledge of how the dead man could have petitioned President Khama to use his extra-ordinary powers to stop the poll in the public interest.
Or how, in his death or thereabouts, the man underwent a transmogrification that caused him to cross the floor from the Botswana Peoples Party to the BDP where he became a fervent activist who believes in the power of protest action to move a party that has a history of suppressing even a murmur of dissent.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...