Molale resigns from Cabinet, Khama reappoints him within hours :: Mmegi Online

In a dramatic turn of events, hardly five hours after the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Eric Molale resigned from parliament, and ultimately his cabinet post, President Ian Khama has reappointed Molale to cabinet.

On Friday morning, Government Spokesperson Jeff Ramsay issued a press statement saying, “In separate letters to the President and the Speaker of the National Assembly, Eric Mothibi Molale has, as from today, resigned from his positions as Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration and as a Specially Elected Member of Parliament.”

The reasons advanced for his resignation were stated in the release. Molale said, "The sole purpose of this resignation is to allow me to contest and represent the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in the Goodhope-Mabule Constituency in the forthcoming bye-election."

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