A routine question on Friday evening about privileges and benefits of former presidents who turn rogue and return to active politics got President Mokgweetsi Masisi so worked up and emotional that he poured his heart out, warning Batswana to think carefully if they want his predecessor, Ian Khama, to return to power. Clearly worried sick about the damage caused by Khama’s consistent onslaught against the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) government, and in particular against him, Masisi cautioned that come October general elections Batswana have a choice to go back to how they used to live (oppressed under Khama administration) or to move forward. “Some of you have a tendency of trivializing very very serious issues. Do your bit with honesty and conscience. You can have him back if you want. O tlaa le kabolla ditshoka,” said Masisi, urging the journalist to stop trivializing serious national issues because ‘the stakes are high’. The warning fit in well with earlier assertions by Masisi that the Khama administration had created a huge gap in connecting with the rest of the world, which the current government is reversing. Masisi said his international visits to meet world leaders is bearing fruit as there is renewed…