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"If I stay I am sponsored, I go I am sponsored, so I am not going anywhere."
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Biggie Butale"It seems like we didn’t do enough the last time. I am going back. I plead with Batswana from the bottom of my heart; if they allow themselves to vote this evil party again…, I have respect for Batswana. I know that they (BDP) will not even reach 10 seats. I prophesy, I speak a curse on your party sir."
Biggie Ganda Butale is a Motswana politician and the current leader of the Botswana Republican Party (BRP) since 14 November 2023. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Tati West in the 11th Parliament from 2014 to 2019. Butale, the founding President of the Botswana Patriotic Front from July 2019 to July 2023, was ousted following a leadership dispute. Subsequently, he established
"If I stay I am sponsored, I go I am sponsored, so I am not going anywhere."
"I am sorry, you have opened my eyes, and I did not know what they were doing to you people’."
"Where you talk about declaration of assets and the only person who will have access to that register is the Director of Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), we are starting on a wrong footing. The current regime has abused state institutions. They have abused Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) and Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS)."
"I still firmly believe that I am the legitimate president of the BPF, and that’s why we have also filed for a judicial review regarding my expulsion. My case is clear; I was expelled without a hearing. We anticipate the judgment to be released soon, as they (the Reatile faction) have failed to submit their notice of defense."
"The election does not hold any force of effect."
"They expected me to keep quiet and go away but I will not. They are scared to call the congress so that we go for election because they know I would win so they want to frustrate me so that I resign. Some even say I am a tribalist."