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Court dismisses Butale's BPF presidential claim

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | 5460 Views |

Biggie Butale, who was suspended as Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) president and later pardoned to return as an ordinary member, has suffered a huge blow in his tracks to return to the helm of the party

Before today's Lobatse High Court interdiction, Butale had been presenting himself as the party's president: one time during a press conference and recently at a political rally.

Lobatse High Court's Justice Matlhogonolo Phuthego ruled in favour of the party's acting president, Caroline Lesang in a case in which she was challenging Butale’s claim to the presidency after the party’s Disciplinary Committee (DC) pardoned him.

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Court dismisses Butale's BPF presidential claim

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