Opposition brainstorms over new Chief Whip
Thursday, November 16, 2017
In the UDC, the name is supposed to be agreed upon by the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) as per their agreement. Previously, under the agreement, the BMD was given the opposition Chief Whip position as the Botswana National Front (BNF) was given the coalition presidency.
The situation is now different as the BCP has joined the UDC and has the same number of MPs as the BMD. Former BMD MPs, who are now a part of AP, officially migrated to their new party on Tuesday and were allocated seats.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...