{"id":25980,"date":"2023-04-24T17:02:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/shot-of-moatlhodi-sleeping-like-a-baby-wont-be-allowed-in-the-future"},"modified":"2023-04-24T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:31:01","slug":"shot-of-moatlhodi-sleeping-like-a-baby-wont-be-allowed-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/shot-of-moatlhodi-sleeping-like-a-baby-wont-be-allowed-in-the-future","title":{"rendered":"Shot of Moatlhodi sleeping like a baby won\u2019t be allowed in the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The seat that Deputy Speaker, Pono Moatlhodi, occupies in Parliament\u2019s chamber is directly behind one occupied by the Minister of State President, Kabo Morwaeng. The result is that when either man is on the floor, the other is captured in the shot because he is in the cameraperson\u2019s line of sight.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>That was what happened not long ago when Morwaeng took to the floor to debate a budgetary proposal relating to the Independent Electoral Commission. With the general election only a year away, Moatlhodi \u2013 who is reportedly eyeing the speakership, appears in the shot in the most unflattering fashion.<\/p>\n<p>In that shot, under the titled \u201cNap Time\u201d, the Tonota MP is shown sleeping like a baby. The cameraperson had a little fun with this episode, closing up on his face and dispelling all doubt about what is really happening. At one point, Moatlhodi sleepily comes to, opens his mouth and eyes still shut, emits a little uncovered cough. The shot has excited both mirth and anger among the general public \u2013 and would certainly have made Moatlhodi himself very angry. Ironically though, he will (as Deputy Speaker) have the last laugh when a new set of standing orders (parliamentary rules on broadcasting proceedings) are implemented.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of those rules, \u201cshots designed to embarrass or ridicule unsuspecting Members of Parliament shall not be shown.\u201d The proposed rules also say that when there is gross misconduct by MPs, \u201cthe camera shall focus on the Speaker or Chair for as long as proceedings continue or until order has been restored.\u201d The Speaker becomes Chair when parliament sits as a committee \u2013 as when it disburses public funds for a financial year. In the case of unparliamentary behaviour, \u201cthe camera shall focus on the Speaker or Chair and shall do so if he or she rises, but occasional wide-angle shots of the Chambers may be shown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The standing orders define \u201cgross misconduct\u201d as \u201cincidents of individual, but more likely collective, misconduct of serious disruptive nature as to place in jeopardy, the continuation of the sitting\u201d and \u201cunparliamentary behaviour\u201d as \u201cany conduct which amounts to defiance of the Chair but falls short of gross misconduct.\u201d Gross misconduct would be an incident similar to last month\u2019s when Francistown West MP, Ignatius Moswaane, used a Setswana reproductive-organ insult that rhymes with \u201cmallet\u201d on being ejected by security guards from the chamber as he kicked and screamed.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed rules will usurp editorial independence of the private press, which gets live broadcast feeds from parliament. One proposal says that \u201ca person who receives a broadcast feed from the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit shall broadcast it without any manipulation or distortion.\u201d The word \u201cmanipulation\u201d is problematic because it could mean ethically rearranging video\u2019s sequence to more ably and journalistically tell a story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. The seat that Deputy Speaker, Pono Moatlhodi, occupies in Parliament\u2019s chamber is directly behind one occupied by the Minister of State President, Kabo Morwaeng. The result is that when either man is on the floor, the other is captured in the shot because he is in the cameraperson\u2019s line of sight. 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