BCP refuses to make way
Monday, July 27, 2015

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has turned down a request from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) to withdraw from the Goodhope by-election and rally behind the opposition’s unity cause.
There were anxious moments last Friday outside a Goodhope home where a Botswana Congress Party (BCP) central committee delegation met with their candidate for three hours to mull over the UDC proposal, which they would later reject.
Kabo Morwaeng, a senior BDP figure known for always defending the President and also sent to do some shocking stuff in his capacity as a Minister, has defended the former Cabinet against claims it failed to advise ex-president Mokgweetsi Masisi, contributing to the party’s defeat. While he insists Cabinet discussions are “secret” and that the President holds “enormous power,” his defence misses a crucial point: Batswana deserve leaders...