{"id":27234,"date":"2023-05-18T09:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=27234"},"modified":"2023-05-18T09:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:15:32","slug":"dows-scathing-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation","title":{"rendered":"DOW\u2019S SCATHING RESIGNATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>She was due to appear before a BDP Disciplinary Committee on May 24, 2023, charged with \u201cbringing the party into disrepute.\u201d However, on Monday, she announced her resignation from the party in a scathing address aimed at the ruling party and its leadership.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Specially Elected Member of Parliament Unity Dow announced her resignation from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) during a press conference on Tuesday. Dow was due to appear before the BDP Disciplinary Committee on May 24, 2023, where she has been charged with \u201cbringing the party into disrepute and defying a party caucus decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Appearing before the BDP DC would have been a waste of time\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe details of the charges and my response thereto are now matters of public record. The complainant is Chief Whip, Hon. Liakat Kablay. I have carefully considered the futility or otherwise of appearing before the BDP DC and I have come to the conclusion that such an appearance, regardless of the outcome, would not lead to a settlement of the real dispute between the BDP leadership and myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The BDP leadership is trying to silence me\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real dispute between the BDP leadership and myself is our competing versions of the nature of this country. I say it\u2019s a republic. I say it\u2019s a democracy. I say my statements in Parliament are protected by the Constitution. I say neither a social media troll, nor a fellow member of parliament, ought to have the power to muzzle any member of parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Masisi, Khama feud is tearing Botswana apart\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe whisper in corners about how the feud between the His Excellency President Masisi and former President Khama is tearing this country apart and how it is costing us in terms of money, time and focus and how individuals have been victimized and have lost jobs and careers. President Masisi\u2019s devotion to the feud has undermined his government\u2019s ability to effectively manage the social, economic and political uncertainties of the last few years. There is a trust deficit borne from a growing culture of lying, fabricating, forging and generally taking the view that \u2018the end justifies the means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why are Batswana unhappy?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you wondered why it is so difficult to attract investment into our SMMEs and start-ups; to attract large scale investment to grow our economy and jobs; to be chosen as a location that is open for business. Have you wondered why the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport is so empty? No investor is going to choose a country where there is no consistency on policy positions and where a company can be declared corrupt by a public servant without the benefit of a court order. Our democracy and economy are under threat; but what can we do?\u201d<\/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. She was due to appear before a BDP Disciplinary Committee on May 24, 2023, charged with \u201cbringing the party into disrepute.\u201d However, on Monday, she announced her resignation from the party in a scathing address aimed at the ruling party and its leadership. Specially Elected Member of Parliament Unity Dow announced her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-27234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DOW\u2019S SCATHING RESIGNATION - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"She was due to appear before a BDP Disciplinary Committee on May 24, 2023, charged with \u201cbringing the party into disr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DOW\u2019S SCATHING RESIGNATION\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"She was due to appear before a BDP Disciplinary Committee on May 24, 2023, charged with \u201cbringing the party into disr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-18T09:21:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684384320.05.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"DOW\u2019S SCATHING RESIGNATION\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-18T09:21:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation\"},\"wordCount\":472,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684384320.05.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/dows-scathing-resignation\",\"name\":\"DOW\u2019S SCATHING RESIGNATION - 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