Modubule was expelled from the BNF with party ideologue Dr Elmon Tafa for gross indiscipline. It is understood that the party leadership want the sitting arrangement in Parliament changed to show that Modubule is no longer in the BNF. The MP said he received a copy of a letter from the Speaker, responding to Khan's letter but refused to go into details. He referred Mmegi's inquiries to opposition whip Robert Molefhabangwe.
In Parliament, Modubule occupies the opposition front row bench with Molefhabangwe of Gaborone West South and Omphitlhetse Maswabi of Kanye South. Speaking in his capacity as the opposition whip, Molefhabangwe castigated Khan for writing to Parliament over the Modubule issue. He said that under the parliamentary Standing Orders, nobody outside the House can write to the Speaker and direct him to remove an MP from his sitting position. "This is an insult to Parliament and it is illegal," said Molefhabangwe. He added that Parliament is not bound by the contents of Khan's letter.
"There is no way Parliament can act on the basis of Khan's letter," he emphasised. He said that the BNF secretary general had overstepped his powers. He said that Modubule was a popularly elected MP who can only be removed from Parliament by the people who elected him. Molefhabangwe stated that he discussed what Modubule's expulsion portends at a meeting with the Leader of the House and cabinet minister Lesego Motsumi, Balopi and his deputy Thebe Mogami before Khan authored the letter to Parliament.
