BDP accuses UDC of “scapegoat politics” over gazette blunder

In a strongly worded statement issued Saturday, the BDP condemned what it described as an effort to make the Director of the Department of Road Transport and Safety a “fall guy” in a matter it insists reflects a deeper failure of governance. In a public address on Thursday President Duma Boko revealed that they have suspended Bokhutlo Modukanele for allegedly undermining authority in the controversial hikes, which were later reversed by the government. At the centre of the dispute is Government Gazette Notice No.

307 of 2026, which President Duma Boko recently admitted was issued “without verification and authorisation” from the appropriate leadership structures. Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament…