
Following allegations that it is only a matter of time before Molepolole South MP Dr. Tlamelo Mmatli defect to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the UDC legislator has come out guns blazing, warning the former to put a stop to what he says are ‘defamatory’ statements to his character. “Kgang e ya gore Mmatli o ya Tomkrag e tsamaisiwa ke bone Matomkroga mme e tshwanetse ya ema. Ke a le kgalemela matomkraga emisang go ntshenya leina,” Mmatli said. Mmatli said this in Parliament on Thursday when debating the State of the Nation Address. He expressed his disdain for the BDP, calling it a party ‘ya ditsamaiso tse di maswe’ which he said is the same reason which lead him to defect to the opposition and as things stand he will never even consider re-joining it. The Molepolole South legislator fingered the Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi as the mastermind of the smear campaign which the BDP has launched on him. He accused Masisi of spreading fallacies about him after realizing that he will never defect to the BDP. The Vice President’s actions and behavior, according to Mmatli, is further proof that the ruling party is failing to avail solutions to…