By neglecting his constituents and slacking in Parliament debates and hardly bringing forth the struggles of residents of Molepolole, Oabile Regoeng sealed his fate in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)’s Bulela Ditswe over the weekend. According to information gathered during the primaries, Regoeng is a victim of his own doing, or rather not doing what he was supposed to do as a legislator. “Sometimes I forget that Molepolole has two MPs. The north constituency has been suffering and its MP just went to Parliament to warm the seat.
The BDP should make it easy for us and remove him,” one angry resident said. Regoeng’s fate was not only decided by the BDP over the weekend, it has long been coming since he won the elections in 2019. The villagers had hoped that he would revive the overly quiet and uninteresting Molepolole North but instead, nothing was delivered. His fate was decided across party lines as the struggles of the village affects each and every single resident regardless of their party affiliates. Molepolole is one village that is often in the news for not so palatable reasons. If it is not the escalating crime, it is the constant struggle of water shortage that needs someone who is active both in Parliament and in the village. Regoeng was accused by residents of not heeding the call to be the Messiah when he was needed the most and BDP must have felt the pressure from all corners that if something is not done about him, they might bid the constituency good bye come the October General Election. “This is the worst leadership we have had in this constituency in a long time.
