Towards a constitutional review

The need for a comprehensive review of our constitution has never been so urgent. It is now in the public domain and will certainly form an important part of the deliberations during the 10th Parliament. In fact Botsalo Ntuane, Member of Parliament for Gaborone West South has already put up a motion of notice to this effect.

The last straw has been the Motswaledi case. We now know that the President of the Republic is above the law and he cannot be sued in his personal and official capacity. Now we understand that we have a constitution that does not protect citizens against the excesses of a vindictive President.

We need to review our constitution to balance powers between the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary. The current constitution concentrates too much power around an unelected President. Ours is like a Monarchy where there is a rule by decree.In our case we are virtually ruled by presidential directives.

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Women unite for progress

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