Jacobs withdraws Masisi's legitimacy challenge case

Kamal Jacobs PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Kamal Jacobs PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary election loser, Kamal Jacobs has withdrawn a case in which he was challenging Mokgweetsi Masisi’s legitimacy as the president of the ruling party.

This came after Jacobs made an application to court stating that Masisi does not have the powers to appoint any party structure. Jacobs, who lost BDP primaries to Dr Thapelo Matsheka for the Lobatse constituency, said Masisi’s legitimacy to the BDP presidency is questionable. But it is not over as Jacobs plans to reinstate the case next week Monday with intention to cite the former president Ian Khama as his witness in order to strengthen his case. 

Jacobs reasons that Khama was the only one who could explain to court about the BDP procedure on the matter.

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