Learn from past unity failures - opposition parties told

The convener of the failed 2006 opposition unity talks, Lebang Mpotokwane has said opposition parties need to draw lessons from the last round if the next talks are to succeed.

 This week the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) revealed that it had written letters to other opposition parties inviting them for unity talks.

However Mpotokwane says the parties have to be more careful this time around. "First they should engage in informal talks to build trust and confidence among members of the negotiating teams. They should trust one another personally," he said.  Mpotokwane said establishing trust is paramount, especially given that in the last talks, there was a lot of mistrust and suspicion between the parties. He said it is more important to lay the groundwork before the talks start rather than go forward without proper preparations.

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