UDC wants impeachment law

Tuesday, September 08, 2015

MAUN: The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has called for the presidential impeachment law to be introduced in Botswana to curb corruption and abuse of office by the presidency and top civil servants.

Addressing a political rally in Maun over the weekend, the Member of Parliament for Mochudi West, Gilbert Mangole, said if UDC is voted into power in 2019, it would amend the Constitution to include presidential impeachment by Parliament.

The UDC government would also amend the Constitution to empower Parliament to remove a sitting president from power for misrule. Under the UDC government, he said, presidents and top civil servants committing crimes would be removed from office.

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