Umbrella 'goes back to the drawing

The Umbrella is made up of opposition parties, Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), Botswana National Front (BNF) and the Botswana Peoples Party (BPP), whilst the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) that was expected to join them, has since broken ranks.

The Umbrella members are of the view that any model, especially the pact, which the BCP preferred over the umbrella, will not help the opposition to take power from the ruling party. Speaking in an interview yesterday, Umbrella communications head Moeti Mohwasa said that they want to work with parties through the umbrella, saying the pact has serious weaknesses.