BDP power play: SG vs executive secretaries

In context, his/ her role is to provide support to the secretary general (SG) so that he/she can effectively help grow the party and make it relevant. The position has often been allocated to a person who has good grasp of the party tradition and culture.Since Dr Batlang Comma Serema left in 2011, BDP has not had a stable executive secretary.

His successors left under controversial and unceremonious circumstances. Immediately following the departure of Serema the party roped in Thabo Masalila, but he was sacked before the end of his term. The youthful Masalila was seen as someone who was sympathetic to the then Barataphathi faction.