UDC thanks Batswana

As a party that was contesting the General Elections for the first time, we are happy with the number of seats we got. To get 17 seats in a General Election in Botswana as an opposition party is a huge achievement. From the voting patterns and results of these Elections there are two important points to note;

That the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is in power by default. Though under the current constitution there is nothing wrong with this scenario, the fact that the BDP could not achieve over 50% of the popular vote shows that Batswana do not accept  it as the right party to lead them.  Under this legal conundrum, the BDP with under 50% of the popular vote occupies 65% of seats in Parliament.