Controversy over the status of Member of Parliament for Lerala-Maunatlala, Prince Maele, in the house of assembly escalated on Friday morning, when the opposition legislators demanded that he show his true colours. Maele, who has been suspended from Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) still occupies his seat among BDP backbenchers, something that prompted MP for Mogoditshane, Sedirwa Kgoroba, to ask why he is still on the BDP side of the aisle. “Mr. Speaker Honorable Maele has been suspended from the BDP and I wonder why he is still seating on the BDP side. Is he not supposed to be this (opposition) side?” Kgoroba asked, throwing the whole house into a fit of laughter. In a swift move, Vice President Slumber Tsogwane who is also the BDP chairman didn’t wait for Maele to explain his status but offered to give an explanation.“Yes, Maele has been suspended from the BDP but remains a member of the party. You must know better that a suspension is not an expulsion,” he said. An uproar erupted when some MPs from the opposition argued that Maele has declared that he is contesting the 2019 general el;ections as an independent parliamentary candidate. Therefore, they demanded answers why are…