Pheto resigns as BDP suspends him

Pheto waves goodbye to the BDP
Pheto waves goodbye to the BDP

There was drama at Tsholetsa House yesterday when the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and Lentsweletau/Mmopane legislator Moeng Pheto exchanged letters of suspension and resignation at the same time.

 

When the BDP executive secretary Sechele Sechele served Pheto’s representative with the letter of suspension, he was answered with a resignation letter from the legislator, on the spot.

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