The winter session of Parliament: Drawing parallels between Tsogwane, Saleshando :: Mmegi Online

The winter session of Botswana Parliament was lit. It was action-packed from both sides of the aisle. But, it was the Leader of the House (LoH) and Vice President Slumber Tsogwane and his opposite number, Leader of the Opposition (LoO) in the House and Umbrella for Democratic (UDC) vice president Dumelang Saleshando who were cynosure of all eyes. Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE writes that the duo that carries hope for their political parties didn’t disappoint as they performed with aplomb

FRANCISTOWN: With Parliamentary Live debates literally taking winter session of parliament to the masses, politicians were never going to disappoint, as they knew all eyes were on them.

But, the session diametrically belonged to the two politicians, who by virtue of their positions in the respective parties carried hopes for their parties. The 60-year-old Tsogwane is the face of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) as the LoH, whilst the 49-year-old Saleshando carried hope for the opposition coalition trio of parties known as the UDC. The three parties in a union include Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Botswana Peoples Party (BPP).

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