Opposition brainstorms over new Chief Whip

In the race: Mmolotsi was previously the Chief Whip
In the race: Mmolotsi was previously the Chief Whip

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and the Alliance for Progressives (AP) are yet to bring forward names to be voted for as opposition Chief Whip.

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.

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