Opposition Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) said Tuesday that national broadcater, Btv cancelled a scheduled interview with its president Mpho Balopi. In a statement, the party said “Democrats and Batswana, the BDP regrets to inform you that it has just been informed that the interview that was scheduled for this evening at 19:30 hours with BDP Party President 𝐑𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐩𝐡𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢 on the programme “𝐁𝐓𝐕 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓“, has been cancelled on instructions from the powers that be.

The BDP President had been invited to take part in a discussion on last weekend’s Serowe Meeting. The President learnt of the cancellation as he arrived at the studios. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this cancellation.”