Alliance for Progressives (AP) vice president, Wynter Mmolotsi says Botswana's economy is on a sick bed and needs to be fixed as a matter of urgency. Launching AP candidate for Palapye constituency, Gape Motswaledi last week, Mmolotsi told multitudes of party suporters that the economy has failed to generate meaningful job opportunities for Batswana. Mmolotsi who is also Member of Parliament for Francistown South further said since the 2017/18 financial year, the country has been recording deficits. “During the 2017/18 financial year, we had a deficit of over 1.98 billion. We had to borrow money from international financial institutions to supplement the budget. Furthermore, in the past financial year the shortfall was over 6.966 billion pula,” he cried. Mmolotsi said the decision by President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s administration to adjust salaries for disciplined forces was done without proper planning adding that such a move has already led to the current financial budget having a deficit of a whopping 7.34 billion pula. The decision to adjust salaries for disciplined forces has already caused conflicts within the public service. Some of the public servants who did not receive the increment strongly feel that the government has deliberately side-lined them despite facing the same…