BCP denies pressure to quit UDC

UDC is a tri-party coalition which gained the main opposition berth in Parliament after winning 15 parliamentary seats in last year’s polls. Other opposition parties in minority include the new kid on the political block, Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and Alliance for Progressives (AP) with three and a single seat respectively. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party has majority 38 elected seats in Parliament.

“I don’t think the UDC marriage is shaken to the core, to the extent that the BCP was considering pulling out,” Gobotswang denied in a telephone interview from South Africa, where he is on official duty.