Re-imagining Parliament with multi-partisan consensus

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The Botswana parliament has long been at a crossroads since the wheels of modern liberal democracy began shifting decades ago.

But it seems the institution itself is hell-bent on being stuck at this intersection when the way to go is as clear as crystal.

Parliament has seen its fair share of very liberal members over the years. But the dumbing down effect of party caucuses has caused irreparable damage. If members of parliament want to take part in the change they promised, they must indict their political parties to get rid of the rigid and restraining ‘expectation’ of party caucuses and allow members to lobby and caucus according to and along the lines of national interests and constituency interests. This sounds like such a radical proposition for backward thinking political parties deeply rooted in conservative ideas, and that take years to clip off the chains of ‘red tape’ and politics to evolve into modern political parties, but it isn’t.

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