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Dumelang Saleshando Quotes

born 1971 Botswana

Dumelang Saleshando (born 13 September 1971) is a Motswana politician and economist who has served as the Leader of the Botswana Congress Party since 2010. Saleshando has been the Leader of the Opposition since November 2024.

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Random Dumelang Saleshando quote

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dumelang Saleshando (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.