- Six in 10 Batswana (60%) say the current system whereby the president is elected by Parliament should be changed to allow citizens to directly elect the president (Figure 1).
- This perspective is particularly popular among individuals with a post-secondary education, urban residents (64%), and economically disadvantaged citizens (63%- 64%). Elderly respondents are least likely to favour direct election of the president (37%) (Figure 2).
- More than half (56%) of citizens believe that the current system of drawing cabinet ministers only from Parliament has served Botswana well and should be maintained (Figure 3).
- Support for the current system declines as respondents’ age increases, ranging from 64% among 18- to 25-year-olds to 47% among those over age 65 (Figure 4).
- Three-quarters of citizens “agree” (30%) or “strongly agree” (45%) that public servants who accumulate sudden wealth should be subjected to lifestyle audits (Figure 5).
A majority of Batswana support directly electing their president, as opposed to the current indirect system under which the president is elected by Parliament, the latest Afrobarometer survey shows.
But citizens believe that the current system whereby cabinet ministers are drawn only from Parliament has served Botswana well and should be maintained.
Three-quarters of Batswana say that in order to promote integrity in the public service, government employees who accumulate sudden and unexplained wealth should be subjected to lifestyle audits.
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