BMD youth preach �peace� ahead of tight election
Chakalisa Dube | Tuesday April 28, 2015 15:08
This weekend Segokgo will battle it out for the league’s presidency with Rodger Mphafe.
“Of late our teams which are contesting for positions have been exchanging bitter words on Facebook and on other social media. This is something that I do not condone and I take the blame for failing to educate new people and old ones about our party culture and what we want to achieve,” Segokgo told journalists.
He also said while if it is common that members in ‘a big movement like ours’ will commonly differ campaigns for party positions, members should desist from attacking each other openly.
“Party positions are not supposed to divide us; we should rather be united. I know some members have been insulting me and attacking my team openly. I am not going to respond on Facebook about what I have done or what I intend to do,” he said.
Segokgo also said that he is seeking re-election for his post because he believes he can take the party forward to the 2019 elections.
“I am running this race because since I was first elected to lead the BMD youth League in 2012, I have sat at the power-centre of our movement, attended several political workshops and seminars, and also discussed youth issues on many television and radio platforms and in different newspaper,” he said.
Segokgo added that should he win, his priorities would include education, employment, unemployment and underemployment, hunger and poverty as well as political and civic duties of the youth league structures across the country.
This weekend’s congress is expected to attract 600 delegates from 50 constituencies. Each constituency will bring 12 delegates.