Dumelang Saleshando

“Many did not believe that BDP would ever lose an election, at least in our lifetime. Batswana have now experienced change.”

“The voter has also given BCP the mandate to be the biggest opposition block. We have a duty to perform that function as constitutionally stipulated, because democracy needs a strong opposition.”

“This is exactly what UDC and us used to complain about when we were both in opposition. Now, they have quickly forgotten and are doing the very same thing. Their attitude is a monopoly of patriotism.”

“I can assure you that we will play our part in focusing on issues, to play the ball, not the man. Where we critique, my point of departure is that no matter how strong you feel about your position, what matters most is the national interest.”

“Even as we speak today there are shortages of drugs and now the ministry of health is saying there are no ARV’s and condoms, so this is worrisome. So even with this emergency there are no medicines.”

“We seem to have a trend of a national president who acts alone on very important national issues and remember as Parliament our duty is to provide oversight on the conduct of the executive.”

“There is no joy derived from the reality that your body is home to cancer cells that have a possibility of prematurely leading you to the grave.”