Moupo should gracefully bow out :: Mmegi Online

After a grueling campaign that saw all the parties up the tempo of the election campaign during which even advertising, on-line networking and other complex methods were used to lure the voter, the dust has settled.

Almost all the political parties performed better, in the sense that they have improved on their tallies. Even the Themba Joina-led MELS has shown some growth because Joina, who stood in Mogoditshane, saw his total votes increase from 15 in 2004 to 85 this year.
But unfortunately the same cannot be said of the Botswana National Front (BNF), which at 21.4 percent lost its status - as the second popular party - to the Botswana Congress Party (BCP). With 22.1 percent the BCP is no doubt getting closer to becoming number two, after the victorious Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) which romped to victory with a 53.7 percent, improving from 50.63 garnered in the 2004 elections.

In 2004, the BCP was third with 16.27 percent whilst the main opposition BNF stood at 25.51 percent. It is against this backdrop that most critics within and outside the BNF are rooting for Moupo's resignation from the party presidency.

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