Whither Botswana?

Last week I wrote, among other things, about how ironic it was that years after the enactment of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime Act; and after parliament unanimously adopted a historic motion introduced by a member of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which has been governing this country since 1965, the party's leadership was still strongly opposed to any suggestion that elected political leaders should be required to declare their assets and liabilities.

I found it even more ironic, I continued, that the BDP's leadership didn't "seem aware of, nor even to care about, the potential damage that this is bound to cause to its integrity." In retrospect, I realise that I should have just said: "the damage that this is bound to cause to what remains of its integrity".