Thursday 14 August 2014, 16:53 pm MMEGI WATCH: Mogae vent his frustration with Khama Speaking at the African Leadership Forum on July 31 in Dar es Salaam, former president Festus Mogae accused Khamas administration of disrespecting the rule of law. Asked regarding criticising incumbent presidents Mogae said; In my country for example, we are regressing. The problem is if you criticize your successor, people think you want to rule from the grave. We were a small country that ran an open economy and open society. But our present government has expelled over 2000 foreign professionals over the last six years. When I was president I would have invited you to a debate, anywhere, anytime in Botswana anywhere else...express my views, accept yours and challenging those with which i did not agree. I was able to do that with Mbeki, with Obasanjo, and President Mukapa here... In my country, however, I did my best endeavour, by passing laws and so on. What is happening is that the present regime does not respect the rule of law: it is inward looking. We have prospered in the past because we used professionals from all countries including Tanzania..and we trained our people in south Africa, and in Nigeria, and in Ghana. - See more at: mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=45194#sthash.s7gfSVew.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:06:37 +0000
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