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Masisi uses 2003 Bulela-Ditswe loss as reference point

Masisi’s first attempt to win the primaries was in the same constituency his father, Setlhomo Masisi, held between 1965 and 1999 PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Masisi’s first attempt to win the primaries was in the same constituency his father, Setlhomo Masisi, held between 1965 and 1999 PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leader, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, has revealed that his 2003 primary elections loss to the late former Moshupa Member of Parliament, Maitlhoko Mooka, should be a reference point for aggrieved Bulela-Ditswe rejects.

Disgruntled BDP members who were irked by the outcome of the party’s July primary elections have joined the opposition or become independent candidates, which Masisi feels should not be happening. Just like in the primaries of past years, the BDP finds itself fire-fighting a wave of grievances from disgruntled members who feel hard done by the system.

Speaking during separate political events in Ditshegwane and Mmathethe recently, Masisi said he lost the party primaries popularly known as Bulela-Ditswe but never started a conflagration of protests, nor threatened to sabotage his party at the general election.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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