Response to MD Lecha

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.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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