Thriller expected in Tonota
Friday, April 25, 2014
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At its best, the battle could be reduced to a two-horse race with the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) and its Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) partners leading the fight for the crown.
Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is also contesting for this constituency and already leader of MELS (Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin) party is the declared candidate through a special arrangement with the BCP.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...