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We aren't backtracking on ConCourt – Boko

Boko.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Boko.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE

President Duma Boko has doubled down on the government’s plan to establish a Constitutional Court, insisting the move is non-negotiable despite growing public debate over its timing and cost.

Speaking during the Labour Day commemoration organised by the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) in Letlhakane on Friday, Boko made it clear that the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) administration will press ahead with the reform, describing it as a “principled position” grounded in expert legal opinion.

“We want a Constitutional Court proper. We are not backtracking. We are not apologising for this,” Boko said, adding that the proposal has been thoroughly examined by “lawyers, advocates, scholars, and experts”, leaving “no confusion about it.”

Editor's Comment
Let the courts follow the money

“Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”– B.R. AmbedkarThe amount of money at play threatens to test the integrity of the country’s financial system, giving more reason to why the courts must be fully given leeway to lean on the matter and reach a conclusion.Botswana has spent decades building her reputation as a stable and credible financial jurisdiction.The...

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