Government Withdraws Three Bills

The Government of Botswana has withdrawn the below three Bills which were presented at Parliament:

a) Presidents (Pensions and Retirement Benefits) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (Bill No. 12 of 2024);
b) Former Vice-Presidents (Pensions and Retirement Benefits) Bill, 2024 (Bill No. 13 of 2024); and
c) Ministers and National Assembly Gratuities and Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (Bill No. 14 of 2024).

Addressing the media today, the Minister for State President Honourable Kabo Neale Sechele Morwaeng stated that Botswana is a democratic country and believes in consultation hence the withdrawal.

He further said that accordingly, the conduct of our national affairs as a sovereign state have always been, and continue to be, gauged, assessed, critiqued, and validated by invoking democratic principles, amongst them being broad-based participation and consultation in decision-making on issues of national concern, and in the public interest.

He reiterated that Botswana is a Republic and the country is governed in a way where Batswana hold the power to determine the affairs of the country.