BCP MPs join UDC in Parliament

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Sitting arrangement in the National Assembly has been re-arranged

The National Assembly will now have two parties only after the Speaker, Gladys Kokorwe yesterday officially announced that Botswana Congress Party (BCP) Members of Parliament have joined the opposition coalition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in Parliament.

Kokorwe said she has received a letter from the opposition party informing her to recognise its MPs as members of the UDC and change the sitting arrangement in Parliament.

The duo, Dithapelo Keorapetse and Samuel Rantuana, are MPs for Selebi-Phikwe West and Ramotswa respectively. The announcement puts to rest the skepticism that surrounded the issue of the status of the BCP in the UDC.

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BCP MPs join UDC in Parliament

The National Assembly will now have two parties only after the Speaker, Gladys Kokorwe yesterday officially announced that Botswana Congress Party (BCP) Members of Parliament have joined the opposition coalition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in Parliament.