This is it, I won't run in 2029 – Masisi

Masisi said this yesterday at the official handover of government to the incoming President Duma Boko. "I'm not willing to run for the presidency. Am I going to be politically active? I can’t tell, but am I running for President again? No. This is it," Masisi told the press.

His reasons, Masisi said, would be ineffective as according to the Constitution, one can be President for only 10 years. "Reasons are as much as it is out of personal consideration. It's also out of a deep acceptance and realisation of what we are as the BDP {Botswana Democratic Party}. "We are a very dynamic party. We have lots of leaders, plenty. In our constitution, any president can do a maximum of two equivalent of 10 years. I did six and a half, if I was to run again for the presidency in effect, I would only be running for president for three and a half years," he said.