BOFEPUSU will vote UDC
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | Tuesday September 2, 2014 13:29
“The UDC is our brainchild. We conceptualised the idea of a united opposition during the nationwide industrial strike in 2011, and were at the forefront of negotiations towards unity,” he said. He thus called for a unified voice and action by the conglomerate’s affiliate members in support of the UDC. He castigated those members who he said wanted to renege on the idea, under the pretext they needed to first get a mandate from the membership.
Motshwarakgole said all four opposition parties through their presidents, Dumelang Saleshando of Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Duma Boko of Botswana National Front (BNF), Motlatsi Molapisi of the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and the late Gomolemo Motswaledi of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) had agreed that any party that pulled out from opposition cooperation should be punished.
“The problems in Botswana need opposition unity.
If there is any opposition party that does not want cooperation then it should be punished in this coming elections. Voter apathy is costing opposition parties in the country and people know that. Opposition could have won most of the constituencies if the parties were united,” he said.
The five BOFEPUSU affilliate members are Botswana Teachers Union (BTU), National Amalgamated Local, Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU), Botswana Land Boards and Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAWHU), Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) and Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU).