Calls for new party gets louder

BMD Youth PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
BMD Youth PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

FRANCISTOWN: Botswana Movement for Democracy Youth League (BMDYL) associated with Ndaba Gaolathe faction has given the thumps up to the idea of forming a new party.

The youth league took the decision to endorse the formation of a new party during a closed-door meeting held in Palapye on Wednesday.

Advocate Sydney Pilane and Gaolathe are claiming to be legitimate presidents of the two BMD factions, a development that has rekindled talk of a new party spearheaded by the latter and his backers. Gaolathe and Pilane’s factions held separate elective congresses at Bobonong in July this year.  

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