Masisi flexes muscles

President Masisi addressing BDP delegates at the party retreat at Palapye PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
President Masisi addressing BDP delegates at the party retreat at Palapye PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) president, Mokgweetsi Masisi went to Palapye for the retreat last weekend to cement his authority in the faction-ridden party and achieved just that.

That is if videos shot behind closed doors are anything to go by. In one video, which is 2:35 minutes long, he told the hall full of democrats from all over the country that he was no weakling.

Masisi reminded the party faithful that he still abided by the oath he took when he was sworn in as the fifth President of the Republic.

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