Residents call for direct presidential election

Speaking during the Presidential Commission of inquiry on the review of the Constitution of the country, Moatlhodi Baaitse said; “ gone are the times when one automatically knows that if he/she is Vice President then they will become the next President. We must be given a chance to vote our own President as Batswana. Again there must be a change in the clause of the Constitution to allow the President to sue and be sued.”

Bafo Manakwe said if the President is elected directly by Batswana, then he or she will be accountable to the voters. “The system we are using to elect the President is old and other countries have long changed theirs. The President must be accountable to the nation not his/her party. Direct Presidential election will help us to even elect a President who does not belong to any political party. Again, the powers enjoyed by the President must be looked into or limited,” Manakwe said.