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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Following \u201cunexpected\u201d developments that took place at the recent Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) congress in Tsabong where his long time confidant, Parks Tafa, made certain revelations about him, former president Ian Khama says he will make time to sit Tafa down to discuss their future.<\/b><\/p>\n

Khama\u2019s advisor of longstanding, Tafa, who has not been well for some time, shocked many when he surfaced at the just-ended BDP congress where he was clearly in the best of terms with President Mokgweetsi Masisi.<\/p>\n

Tshekedi as vice president<\/b><\/p>\n

Asked by the President to shed a light on the origins of the antipathy between Khama and himself, Tafa stated that one of the contentious issues was that Khama wanted Masisi to appoint his younger brother, Tshekedi, to the position of vice president of the country.<\/p>\n

Asked this week what he made of Tafa\u2019s statement, Khama said he was still shocked both by Tafa\u2019s presence at the BDP congress and his revelations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Tafa to be unwell and just recently I assisted him on his health issues,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I was shocked to hear that he was at the BDP congress saying all that he was saying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a very long time, I have been worried about his health. Upon enquiry about how he managed to travel there owing to his health problems, I was told that he used DIS aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tafa under coercion<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI know of a lot of developments which may have led us here but I will rather not share those. All I can say is that the Parks Tafa that I know and worked with would never do or say those things. You know that very well, right? He was undoubtedly acting under some form of coercion against his conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind if I am betrayed by Masisi but not a person like Tafa! I say so because he knows the truth and he is the one who informed me that upon delivery of the news to Masisi that he would be the President, Masisi cried heavily and pledged to make Tshekedi his vice unsolicited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even so, Khama admitted that Tafa has always been BDP. Asked if Tafa\u2019s utterances and close association with Masisi had affected their relationship and if he felt let down, Khama responded: \u201cYes and no. Yes because of what he said but no because I understand his challenges. This regime thrives on catching people at their moment of weakness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Longstanding friend<\/b><\/p>\n

But the former president said in spite of what has happened, he will make time to sit down with Tafa to discuss their future. \u201cHe has been my lawyer, advisor and close friend for a very long time,\u201d Khama said. \u201cMany of my decisions were from his advice, including some recent ones. So we will sit down and talk and decide on the way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that one of the reasons he opted for Ramalepa Attorneys was Tafa being unwell.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. Following \u201cunexpected\u201d developments that took place at the recent Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) congress in Tsabong where his long time confidant, Parks Tafa, made certain revelations about him, former president Ian Khama says he will make time to sit Tafa down to discuss their future. 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