“Having considered the above, ours wishes to notify yours, that an application is being prepared by the herein instructed attorneys which shall be lodged today, 14th July 2023, in the event that: Yours does not issue a letter in writing retracting the purported suspension and expulsion. The letter must also accept that yours is to cease and desist from issuing any communication without obliging to the approval of the president leading a properly called NEC.”
The above about summarises a set of circumstances that led to the National Executive Committee of the Botswana Patriotic Front resolving to expel Reverend Biggie Butale from the party. Through his lawyers, Rammika Tafa Attorneys, Butale is seeking an “amicable solution” to the dispute that he believes he has not with the party but five individuals in the NEC: Lawrence Ookeditse, Tshekedi Khama, Barulaganye Letang, Dr. Kolaatamo Malefho and Mephato Reggie Reatile.
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