Peloetletse resigns from BDP committee

Peloetletse
Peloetletse

Specially elected Gaborone City councillor MacDonald Peloetletse resigned from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) communication committee yesterday morning.

In a letter dated February 03, 2015 to the secretary general and the executive, copied to President Ian Khama, the outspoken Peloetetse states that; “Besides the fact that I wish to give more time to my duties as a nominated councillor, I am of the conviction that removing myself from the sub committee will enable this very critical organ of our party to work unhindered by my presence.”

He says he is unwelcome in the party, something that has given rise to a campaign of innuendo and false accusation to undermine his integrity.

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