Of leaders, politicians and the electorate will :: Mmegi Online

Contrary to a poll on how the public would vote on the duration of the State of Emergency MmegiOnline created recently, the ruling President Mokgweetsi Masisi-led Botswana Democratic Party still prevailed following heated debates over the last week. Mmegi Staffer, LEBOGANG MOSIKARE finds out whether politicians care for their electorate or place the interests of their party and its leader before the will of the people

FRANCISTOWN: A recent Mmegi Facebook poll involving over 27,000 participants found out that 83% of the people wanted President Mokgweetsi Masisi to enact the State of Emergency (SoE) for at 28 days. This majority marginally outvoted the 17% of people that wanted the SoE to last for six months as proposed by Masisi in a bid to fight the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

When Parliament recently endorsed the six-month period for the SoE in order to control the spread of the coronavirus, the decision became a bitter pill to swallow to some sections of the country.

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