Pilane and Morwaeng unshaken by sacking

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The stand off between the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leadership and the Barata-Phathi faction ended with the firing of advocate, Sidney Pilane, and businessman, Kabo Morwaeng, yesterday.

BDP executive secretary, Comma Serema, confirmed that Pilane and Morwaeng were fired for 'incessantly defying orders'.
"They got their letters before lunch today. They denounced the party membership openly including party policies and those of the BDP government," he said on Thursday.

Serema stated that the decision of the party leadership is informed by provisions of Article 7 of the BDP constitution, which states: "BDP membership is voluntary and open to all Batswana who accept the party's policies and programmes and are not members of other political parties or organisations whose policies and aspirations are incompatible of those of the party."

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