Francistown West jinx hits BCP

The Francistown West constituency became the epicentre of disputatious primary elections especially by the BDP in 2004, 2009 and 2013. In what could reverse the fortunes of the BCP which recently benefited from the BDP instability resulting from a primary elections’ process, the party has become embroiled in a potentially debilitating quarrel over whether primary elections for the general elections should be held or not.

The director of elections in the BCP, Stephen Makhura, was quoted recently saying that the holding of primary elections in the constituency initially scheduled for March 8, were a subject of debate by the party central committee.