BMD Warns Against Coalition Infighting

BMD secretary general, Gilbert Mangole warned that if parties within the UDC fight over constituencies, it would affect the UDC. Mangole was speaking at a BMD consultative meeting in Mogoditshane on Saturday. His remarks came after reports that two affiliates of the UDC, Botswana National Front (BNF) and BMD were fighting over Manyana/Moshupa constituency. The constituency was allocated to the BMD, but the party loaned it to the BNF in 2014 because they had no candidate.

However, it has emerged that the BMD wants to field Jonathan Sethono, a former deputy director at Ministry of Education, while some BNF members insist on Ngaka Monageng who contested in the area in 2014 to represent the UDC. He said each party has been allocated constituencies to win for the UDC in the 2019 general elections, and as such they should concentrate on what each has been allocated and leave those that are not theirs. “Parties in the umbrella have all been allocated constituencies.