BCP MPs reject party decision

This comes after the UDC disagreed with the BCP on the issue of candidacy in the Bophirima ward. UDC ended up declaring Mankie Sekete as the UDC candidate despite BCP's preference for their candidate, Peter Mogapi. Failure to agree on the issue forced the BCP to call an urgent party CC meeting to make a final decision on the matter. Apart from the press conference, which was held on Monday by some CC members, the leader of the opposition Dumelang Saleshando also met with his MPs to brief them about the development. Many believe that the move is likely to divide the party members as some CC members do not agree with certain decisions.

The BCP secretary-general (SG) Goretetse Kekgonegile admitted that the parliamentarians caucus met on Monday to discuss the CC's decision to have Mogapi contest under the BCP emblem and name for the ward. Kekgonegile told Mmegi: “There is the diversity of thought and reflection about the decision but at the end of the day, the party has come down to a conclusion.