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I want to defend my presidency – Butale

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Determined:“I have lost financially and politically. Even my good name has been tarnished.” –Butale PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

FRANCISTOWN: Suspended founding Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) president, Biggie Butale has finally broken his long-maintained silence.

He has come out with guns blazing, emphasising that he "cannot give up" hope to retain his position at the party's elective congress billed for October. “I cannot give up now.

I have lost so much in the BPF. I have lost financially and politically. Even my good name has been tarnished. I want to show that goodness will always prevail against wickedness,” Butale told Mmegi this week.

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