Local scholars have outlined a detailed blueprint of how a future Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government could overhaul Botswana’s Constitution warning that past administrations mishandled constitutional reform and paid a political price for it.
In their journal article Reforming the Constitution in a Developing Country: How Mismanaging Constitutional Reforms Led to Electoral Loss in Botswana, political scientists Zibani Maundeni, Batlang Seabo, and Letshwiti Tutwane assess how Botswana’s stalled reform efforts eroded public trust and what a new administration must do differently.
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