Abandoning BNF primaries may fuel divisions—UB analyst
Friday, July 28, 2023 | 170 Views |
While many political formations across the world use primary elections to select candidates for legislative and council vacancies, one of the country’s major political parties, the BNF, has revealed that it will not hold primary elections to select candidates for council and Parliament seats.
During its recent annual conference in Shoshong, the BNF which is also a major component of the country’s main opposition bloc, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), announced that a resolution was taken to do away with primary elections in favour of the choosing of consensus candidates.
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