MPs could be fired for wayward behaviour
Friday, May 24, 2024 | 380 Views |

Members of Parliament PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Currently, Parliament does not have the power to remove a sitting MP from office.
State President Minister Kabo Morwaeng presented the Constitution (amendment) bill, 2024 for a second reading this week, and in the draft bill, there is a proposal to have section 68 of the Constitution to be amended by inserting immediately after subsection one a new subsection which says that legislators will be fired for misbehaviour.
Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...