Triumphant Molao Decries Loss Of 3 Wards
Monday, October 28, 2019
Fidelis Molao
In the 2014 general election through his party, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Molao managed to win all of the nine council wards in his constituency making it a stronghold for the ruling party.
However, in the recent general election, matters took a different twist as the BDP lost three council wards to the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...