BCP demands cessation of election-day BDF trips
Thursday, August 21, 2014
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BCP Youth League President Dithapelo Keorapetse said his party is disturbed by reports that a major unit of the BDF-EMG, being the 21 Infantry Battalion, will be deployed in areas such as Kwando, Phalaphala, Lenyanti, Phoha and others for an anti-poaching mission during the 2014 general elections period.
He said the 21 Infantry Battalion is the largest unit at the EMG consisting of mainly non-commissioned officers.
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