
The outspoken Member of Parliament for Tonota Pono Moatlhodi popularly known as Botate has this week fired potshots to Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislators accusing President Mokgweetsi Masisi for taking advantage of the kgotla system to use it as campaigning ground. Moatlhodi when responding to the State of Nation Address (SONA) at parliament punched holes on president Masisi and his former cabinet crew to campaign in Kgotla defying culture. He said he observed that president Masisi and BDP were desperate to the extent of taking advantage of the kgotla to garner votes hiding behind the concept of consulting the nation. The maverick Tonota legislator said he is very embarrassed by the conduct of Masisi while campaigning in the kgotla across the country to be a pure abuse and pollution of the Kgotla. “There has been the so called consultation and I don’t know who said the current regime is the only consultative one. The elections have passed and I am surprised now that president is no longer consulting the nation as it has been elections. It was political gimmick, “stressed Botate. Moatlhodi maintains that the Kgotla is a very holy place and should be treated as sacred hence urging politicians…