BNF Did Not Benefit From The Alleged Money Laundering Transactions
Monday, December 18, 2017
We particularly take note of the recent allegations by a local newspaper in its edition of December 10-16, 2017, which alleged that all opposition parties, “with the exception of AP and BPP” have benefited from such illegal transactions. In response, the Botswana National Front (BNF) would like to categorically put on record that such transactions have never reached the party.
In this Bakang Seretse allegation, we are challenging the SS that, instead of generalising about “opposition parties”, it should provide evidence to back up its allegations, accuse specific political parties and state the amounts involved, the manner of transacting and when the transaction was made to the “opposition parties”. No one from SS bothered to contact the said opposition parties to get their side of the story.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...