BCP considers prosecuting fraudsters

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is considering private prosecution of culprits who engineered the bogus petition that led to the controversial postponement of the Francistown West parliamentary by-elections last year.

That is in case the police come to the conclusion that there is insufficient evidence against chief suspect Zazambi Tuelo and other Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members. The police instituted investigations early this year after the BCP reported the matter citing suspicion of criminal conduct by chief petitioner, Tuelo and his BDP colleagues.

The BCP secretary for legal affairs, Morgan Moseki told Mmegi yesterday that they got the reply from the Commissioner of Police, Keabetswe Makgophe recently that the matter has been referred to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. “We are considering the turn of events in the political field, that is, one of the engineers of the botched up petition is now an honourable councillor in the Francistown City Council.

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