Keorapetse doubts Masisi on corruption busting

Keorapetse
Keorapetse

Member of Parliament for Selebi-Phikwe West, Dithapelo Keorapetse, says President Mokgweetsi Masisi is using State institutions to target political adversaries, both within the ruling party and without.

Responding to the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Kenneth Matambo’s Committee of Supply Speech for both Recurrent and Economic Development yesterday, Keorapetse explained that as opposition they did not believe President Masisi was serious about eliminating corruption when he himself was corrupt.

“Many celebrated the arrest of the former Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) director general, Colonel Isaac Kgosi as a big sign that President Masisi’s administration was hellbent against corruption. Some also pointed to the current prosecution of the former Minister of minerals, the High Court judge, the former director of Energy and directors of assets management firms as evidence that there was zero tolerance to corruption.

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