The aggrieved members include the trio who contested for primaries against Molale during the by-election last year.
The Presidential Affairs and Public Administration minister held rallies in Mmakgori and Loporung settlement over the holidays. In his words, Molale said the rallies were an opportunity to interact with their voters regularly instead of interacting with them during election time. However, sources have said the likes of Frankie Motsaathebe, Kopo Mononi and Phillip Sebakile who contested in the by-election primaries were not aware of Molale’s meetings. “He has sidelined all of them ever since he lost the elections, but that will hurt the party. If we are to win the election we should be working together and it should be clear that he is the only candidate to represent the BDP in 2019,” the source lamented. Mmegi has learnt that Molale and the trio have never met with the minister since he lost the by-election last year. It is said that he felt the trio who were paraded at all rallies as supporting him were responsible for his loss. Motsaathebe had protested the outcome of the primaries but later withdrew and campaigned for Molale. The source also argues that as an ex-officio member of the branch committee, Molale does not have the authority to call a political rally.
