Will the NPF saga give opposition political mileage? :: Mmegi Online

That President Ian Khama and his deputy Mokgweetsi Masisi allegedly benefited from the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) only seems to have given the opposition ammunition to attack the BDP on the journey to the make or break 2019 general election. Mmegi Staff Writer LEBOGANG MOSIKARE observes

FRANCISTOWN: The President and Vice President have not been charged with any criminal offence in relation to the NPF controversy and have since issued public statements denouncing that they have benefited from the NPF in any way.

In politics, perceptions whether right or wrong matter a lot, especially scandals implicating people holding high positions in statecraft and it is not surprising that opponents of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) are using the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) issue as political bait to attract voters to their fold.

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