Another opposition coalition in the offing?

AP members PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
AP members PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The tension between Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and some of its partners in the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) seems to be growing by the day.

Already there is a group within the BCP that is lobbying for the party to leave the UDC and form an alliance with the Alliance for Progressives (AP).

As such a BCP national executive committee (NEC) meeting scheduled to be held after the holidays will discuss the strained relations within the UDC.

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