BCP, BNF Explore Coalition Feasibility

BCP president Dumelang Shaleshando
BCP president Dumelang Shaleshando

FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has started coalition talks with the Botswana National Front (BNF) The Monitor has established.

The Monitor has learnt the executives of the two parties have so far met twice for ‘exploratory’ talks in relation to forming a coalition that will contest the 2019 general election. Last month, BCP members resolved that if the problems within the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) persisted and impeded progress within the coalition, the BCP should engage in bilateral discussions with the BNF with a view of forging a working relationship for the 2019 elections.

However, after the BCP conference in Bobonong, Saleshando told a media briefing that negotiations for a reconfigured opposition coalition with the BNF have to start forthwith while the problems within the UDC were being addressed.

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