However, we are inclined to agree that on the basis of what the Khama's presidency has done at both the party level and at the national level is akin to a political suicide mission.
Khama has managed to destroy a party that through the years had maintained a state of agreeable togetherness. The Botswana Democratic Party was always a party that had mechanisms in place to deal with the challenges from internal differences. The fact that the BDP has won elections since the first year of independence shows that it has been coherent enough to convince the majority of Batswana of its ability to rule this country without plunging it into disaster. Many critics have made various arguments against the BDP's seeming dominance of local politics among them the skewed nature of the resource possession among political parties in this country and the inherent limitations in our democratic system. However, some credit must ultimately go to the party and it would be an insult to the voter to argue that the party is devoid of governing ability. This reasonable cohesiveness also reflected on the wider society - Botswana as a society has always remained united and able to manage debate without falling apart.
