The BDP Has Lost Its Glory!
Friday, May 03, 2019
The one question that more than half of Batswana ask is whether this is a plausible manifesto, and whether there is sustained appetite by the BDP to remain in government.
Five years ago the BDP produced a red pledge card with five promises to create jobs; eradicate poverty; increase education funding; eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS and fight corruption in all its manifestations. This time around the manifesto is nothing but a pictorial magazine lacking in anchorage. It’s as if the BDP is an arrivalist – a new party with no bearing of governance. A talking point from the drivel is the statement of power, the arrogance of power to be precise. In the process, good promises are not articulated succinctly and lost.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...