In an embarrassing turn of events, upon his return to Parliament and on September 16, 2020, Polson Majaga read a statement opposing the Botswana Child Rights Network petition.
There are many embarrassing parts of the statement. The one I will focus on is the cheap cop-out our leaders love to use. My focus on it, is with a view to offer clarity on the legal principle, so as not to mislead people in the ways our Parliament does; and to illustrate the ways in which our Parliament misuses this particular legal principle where defilers they know, are concerned, so that they, as Parliament, avoid being held accountable for breaking bread with rapists, defilers, batterers and abusers. In his statement, Majaga alleges that the petition encouraging him to step aside from his duties as Member of Parliament, until such a time that his matter is concluded, is “malicious and defamatory … casting aspersions on his dignity”. He goes further to say the case against him is sub judice and he will not speak on it.
