After losing the election, Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi the candidate for the ruling Botswana Democratic Party, conceded defeat, expressing faith in the democratic processes and pleading to respect the will of the people.
Watching that come from a man who had the misfortune to lead a party that has been at the helm of Botswana for the past 58 years into its first loss, one could not help a surge of envy for the maturity and integrity of the country’s electoral system.
