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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Lobatse Member of Parliament (MP) Thapelo Matsheka has announced that he will not contest in the upcoming Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections but will remain a devoted member of the party. Matsheka said he won\u2019t contest for elections as per the advice of his wife.<\/b><\/p>\n

Matsheka\u2019s decision not to defend his position as the legislator for the town means that Lobatse will have yet another new legislator after next year\u2019s general election. Matsheka made the announcement this weekend during a BDP meeting in Lobatse. Matsheka, a former Minister of Finance was dramatically arrested on August 2, 2022, by DIS officers, its support staff, and members of the Botswana Police Service. Although he was never been officially charged, he was arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of eight-year-old boy Tlotso Karema.<\/p>\n

The incident which literally ended his political career and has compelled the Lobatse MP to demand damages from the government for humiliation and reputational damage he claims to have suffered at the hands of the DIS. \u201cI have been trying to convince my wife, I have been trying but she has refused. She said to me if there is one thing I did to her which hurt her was when she advised me not to participate in politics,\u201d Matsheka said.<\/p>\n

The MP also said after the DIS arrest ordeal, his wife said to him, \u201cSee what they have done to you. She has refused that I sign the form to contest for elections. Who else can I listen to if not to the one who rescued me from prison. They asked her if I was indeed her husband, after 35 years of marriage. The DIS lawyers asked her to provide proof that she is indeed my wife. I will not stand for elections. I won\u2019t ask for your vote but I promise that I will continue being BDP. I will remain a BDP member even after my term. I promise the BDP branch my support because ultimately it is about developing Lobatse. And we should work hard for that,\u201d he further said. Meanwhile, Matsheka has since slapped DIS with a wrongful arrest and detention suit. The MP in his defamation suit, said he was taken into custody without a warrant, detained unlawfully, treated as a dangerous criminal and as a flight risk, while there were no reasonable grounds for the murder offence. \u201cThe arrest was effected in bad faith in full view of members of the public and journalists, which were intended to humiliate and injure my feelings. Same was therefore without justifiable cause, malicious, wrongful, unlawful and injurious,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. Lobatse Member of Parliament (MP) Thapelo Matsheka has announced that he will not contest in the upcoming Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections but will remain a devoted member of the party. Matsheka said he won\u2019t contest for elections as per the advice of his wife. 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