That the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) disciplinary processes are not fairly applied is no longer a an opinion but established fact. It should be safe to say when a member is not in good books with the party leadership, there is every chance under the sun that such member will suffer injustice of one sort or the other as it appears to be going that way with Hon Dr Unity Dow’s upcoming disciplinary case. Since she was relegated to the BDP backbench, she has upset the applecart by talking truth to power. In true fashion that a backbencher should hold the executive accountable by sharply raising issues in parliament, she is doing exactly that at the bitter discomfort of her party. As the BDP clumsily held the Kgosi Mosadi Seboko’s alleged resignation from the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), it was a foregone conclusion that she would be in the crosshairs of her party for her position on the matter.
The crux of the matter is that the BDP falsely believes Dow has failed to comply with the party position that she replaces Kgosi Mosadi at the PAP. Facts in the public domain show Kgosi Mosadi has not resigned from the PAP and therefore there was no legal or other basis to select Dow to replace the Kgosi. The selective justice narrative emanates from previous situations where some members were suspended for presumably bringing the party into disrepute. Hon Polson Majaga was suspended when he was in court over sexual allegations against a school girl yet Hon Pono Moatlhodi was never meted the same fate over allegations that he had set a dog on a young boy who had allegedly stolen mangoes from his yard. Hon Moatlhodi’s matter (if my memory serves me well) is pending before a court of law. Hon Anna Mokgethi was recently in courts over allegations that she had mismanaged the estate of an old man who had passed on. Without saying it, Mokgethi’s case is a classical case of bringing the party and government into disrepute and that which warranted suspension from government and the party until her matter is resolved. As it is known, she stayed put because she is presumably the darling of the party leadership.
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