The Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana, Honourable Dithapelo L. Keorapetse paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Botswana, Advocate Duma Gideon Boko this morning. The purpose of the courtesy call was discuss the signing ceremony to transform the South African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) into a Regional Parliament, SADC Parliament. By way of background, the Speaker explained that the decision to transform the SADC PF into SADC Parliament was taken during the 38th SADC Summit in Windhoek, Namibia and two Members are yet to sign; Botswana, and Mauritius. President Boko confirmed during the courtesy call that the signing ceremony will take place next week Wednesday in Gaborone.
The two leaders also discussed ways in which the efficiency of Parliament can be improved and also the importance of capacitating Members of Parliament in an effort to assist them to better perform their legislative role. The Speaker of the National Assembly also talked about the need to strengthen Botswanaβs democracy and transformation of Parliament into a robust and efficient institution that will provide effective oversight on the Executive. Parliament has to also transform into a body that will fully perform its constitutional role of legislating in terms of Section 86 of the Constitution of the Republic of Botswana for the Peace, Order and Good Governance of Botswana. Publications
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The Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana, Honourable Dithapelo L. Keorapetse paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Botswana, Advocate Duma Gideon Boko this morning. The purpose of the courtesy call was discuss the signing ceremony to transform the South African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) into a Regional Parliament, SADC Parliament. By way of background, the Speaker explained that the decision to transform the SADC PF into SADC Parliament was taken during the 38th SADC Summit in Windhoek, Namibia and two Members are yet to sign; Botswana, and Mauritius. President Boko confirmed during the courtesy call that the signing ceremony will take place next week Wednesday in Gaborone.
The two leaders also discussed ways in which the efficiency of Parliament can be improved and also the importance of capacitating Members of Parliament in an effort to assist them to better perform their legislative role. The Speaker of the National Assembly also talked about the need to strengthen Botswanaβs democracy and transformation of Parliament into a robust and efficient institution that will provide effective oversight on the Executive. Parliament has to also transform into a body that will fully perform its constitutional role of legislating in terms of Section 86 of the Constitution of the Republic of Botswana for the Peace, Order and Good Governance of Botswana.