Botswana Congress Party (BCP) president Dumelang Saleshando's effort towards Freedom of Information, which was defeated in Parliament after presentation in 2012 could be resuscitated following findings by Afrobarometer that a majority of Batswana demand it. Moved by Saleshando – the former Gaborone Central MP – during the 10th session, the Freedom of Information Bill was defeated on the floor of Parliament by a majority Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MPs. The ruling party legislators forced the Bill to de deferred insisting that further consultations were necessary and that it had to await the passing of a Data Protection Act, in view of technological developments. The FoI Act would see the public including journalists obtain access to official critical information which is currently a taboo. The latest Afrobarometer results, launched at the University of Botswana last Friday, show that Batswana strongly support the public's right to access information held by government. This finding is among a raft of other findings including views about monitoring of private conversations, media freedom and the use of electronic voting machines. Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in African countries. Media Freedom Presenting…