Only three ministers and three assistant ministers were in Parliament and many questions from MPs were not answered. It was discovered when the MP for Mahalapye East, Botlogile Tshireletso was concluding presentation of her motion that the responsible minister was not present. Neither had the minister delegated any colleague to act on his behalf. The motion was differed.
Tshireletso started debating the motion two weeks ago seeking a constitutional amendment to increase the number of Specially Elected MPs to cater for women as a matter of urgency. The motion was given a bad reception by MPs from both the ruling party and the opposition. Tshireletso struggled to come up with convincing reasons but it was obvious that the MPs were not in a mood to entertain her arguments. She tried to compare Botswana to other countries in the region who use the First Past The Post electoral system saying that they have a higher number of Specially Elected MPs. But MPs demanded answers from her on the number of Specially Elected female MPs in these countries but she did not provide the answers.
