BPF court case for Friday
Chakalisa Dube | Wednesday April 19, 2023 12:53
Last week, BPF president Biggie Butale and members of his faction approached court on an urgency in a bid to bar the Tshekedi Khama faction from staging activities in the name of the party. The case has since been scheduled for Friday.
Khama is the secretary-general of the BPF. Some of the key BPF members fighting in Butale’s corner are publicity ,Lawrence Ookeditse and ordinary member Ford Moiteela. Tshekedi is backed by Vuyo Notha and Robert Mariba.
In recent weeks Tshekedi and Butale held separate BPF activities. Tshekedi and members of his faction argue that Butale resigned from the party during a national executive committee (NEC) meeting early in March and should not hold any activity under the BPF name. Butale has denied resigning. The position of his faction is that Tshekedi, Notha and Mariba are suspended from the party and should not execute any activity under its name.
The factions are also divided in relation to holding an elective congress. Butale’s faction prefers an extra ordinary congress over an elective congress.
They want an elective congress to be held after the 2024 General Election. The faction claims that an elective congress is divisive in nature and can negatively affect preparations for the General Election. On the other hand, Tshekedi and company are of the view that the current BPF NEC has overstayed hence there should be elections.
Meanwhile, Notha confirmed that the case will be heard on Friday while Butale preferred to say, "aluta continua" which suggests that the matter is on.