Of law and transition

There are rumbles about presidential succession and whether the incoming President shall be a president with full powers as the previous or that his powers, limited on such matter as dissolving Parliament, equate him to an acting President. Constitutional provisions clearly indicate, if VP coming under section 35 (1) and if coming under section 35 (4). Government enclave should explain to Batswana.

Radio Botswana on 31/03/08 afternoon carried a press release of the Attoney-General on the matter and specifically Dick Bayfords contribution in the Sunday Standard. The brief nowhere reflected what is headlined in the Daily News of 01/04/08 Molokomme admits Constitution oversight.