If drug pushers and junkies do not die on the job or of drug addiction, the hangman will help get them off the streets, under a newly recommended law!
This is the chilling implication as, in the conclusion of its enquiry on constitutional review, the Dibotelo Commission has recommended capital punishment for illegal drug possession.
According to recommendation 91 of the Dibotelo Commission’s Report drug lords and traffickers will smoke and snort their way to the grave. “The Commission recommends the Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act should be amended to include provision prescribing the Death Penalty for drug lords and drug trafficker,” reads the report in part.
The Commission also recommended that Botswana pulls out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), cull elephants and sell the ivory to willing buyers for the development of the affected communities; or destroy such tasks by burning, to mitigate the impact of elephant destruction on communities.
The commission has also recommended a minimum of P1million for deaths caused by wildlife, in particular elephants; and for crop production by wildlife, compensation should be set at maximum P500,000.00.
Recommendation 87 says the government should increase the number of members required for registration of a church should be increased to 250 people, in order to control the proliferation of churches in the country.
In another interesting observation, the Commission recommended that; “Children born to Motswana and non-Motswana parents, and children born to a single non-Motswana citizen mother in Botswana, holding dual citizenship should not be permitted to occupy offices of Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister, Vice President, and President, and should be barred from joining disciplined forces”.
