BMD sinks deeper into paralysis
Kweneng Region backs Ndaba, Mmolotsi camp
Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) Kweneng Region has resolved not to recognise the suspension of some of the party leadership.Last week it was announced that BMD President Ndaba Gaolathe, his deputy Wynter Mmolotsi and BMD Women’s Wing President Joyce Mothudi were among the people who have been suspended from the party after they attended an ‘illegal’ youth congress in Ramotswa last month.
During a leadership workshop in Mogoditshane this past Sunday, Kweneng Region resolved that no one, except the National Congress, can take such a decision. “We felt that at the moment the only competent body that can suspend the president and his Vice as well as President of Women Wing, Chair of Committee of Adults, President of Youth, is the congress. The suspension should be dealt through structures like the Disciplinary Committee (DC) where the concerned people will be accorded a hearing.
“It is through this hearing where there will be the establishment of fairness and good practices. We felt that before any person can be suspended there must be a balance between substantive and procedural fairness”, said BMD Kweneng Regional Chairperson Boipuso Dikgang in an interview with The Midweek Sun after the workshop.
Dikgang said the Kweneng region would not recognise any person who was not elected or appointed by the party congress. He said the region also recognises the youth committee led by Jacob Kelebeng as its President, which was elected at the Ramotswa congress. The region also agrees that no one should hold any party activity in the region without consulting the regional committee, explained Dikgang. Following the suspensions, party Chairman Nehemiah Modubule has been announced as the acting president.
The 60-day suspensions mean that Gaolathe and Mmolotsi will not be able to defend their seat at the party congress slated for Bobonong in July this year. Mmolotsi has however dismissed their suspensions and revealed that starting this week they would be traversing the country to address party members.