BMD should not squander popular goodwill

The formation of the Botswana Movement for Democracy, or Barata-Phathi as many are wont to call it, has charged Botswana opposition politics with a new type of exciting energy.

From the day that new party's delegates met in Mogoditshane, it was apparent that the party had the people's goodwill. And these are people from across the political divide. 

The BMD has finally been formed and it appears set to be something to reckon with. The almost tearful excitement that accompanies talk from many a young BDP member shows the extent to which the party will affect the membership of the ruling party, threatening to divide it in half.

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