Focus on winners, losers, coalition of the wounded!

Friday, November 08, 2019

The 2019 general elections were not won on ideology. The voter who decided these elections and gifted the BDP a resounding victory was not persuaded by ideological arguments.

The victors dust themselves in anticipation of civic reward. The vanquished look miserably ahead to the lingering tragedy of defeat.

The obvious and biggest winner is President Mokgweetsi Masisi. Although matching the worst ever performance of 2014 with 37 MPs, the BDP retained the reins of the highest office. The 38 MPs settled the dust of the likelihood of the BDP being held at ransom by way of a threat to defect.

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