In a letter dated May 12, 2014, from the BDP secretary general, Mpho Balopi, Katse and four others have been given until May 19 to show cause why action should not be taken against them. Katse, who defeated the former Botswana National Front vice president and MP, assistant minister Olebile Gaborone in the December primaries, has been instructed to write to the central committee and state why he should not be recalled as the party parliamentary candidate. His co-accused are branch secretary Collen Mochotlhi, councillor Tidimalo Matlhotse, Amantle Matlapeng and council candidate Stella Matlapeng.
Balopi wrote that the central committee “has received a report by the special investigating team (the Investigations Committee) appointed by the central committee to investigate certain allegations of gross misconduct and breach of the party’s constitution and primary elections’ code of conduct by yourself and others.” The letter says the investigation committee “found that Katse, and the aforementioned were guilty of committing various acts aimed at compromising the conduct of the 2013 primary elections in Tlokweng constituency”.
