Response to MD Lecha :: Mmegi Online

Allow me space in your esteemed newspaper. I am not a Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) member/supporter, a journalist, a lawyer, or very familiar with media code of practice, but in my view, MD Lecha's letter (Open letter to AG -- Mmegi online 7-18th May 2010) seems misplaced and to put it mildly, irrelevant.

It should have rather been placed under Opinions, although if I were Editor, I probably would not even have published it!

Their argument is premised on 3 issues: 1) Sidney Pilane's nationality and whether that allows him to hold political office, 2) legality of Pilane as an Advocate and 3) the legitimacy of Pilane's law firm. None of these are of national interest as MD Lecha claims. They are rather petty and not worthy of any serious consideration. I thus write this to challenge MD Lecha to desist from submitting such weak and ill-informed notes in future.

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