BCP won’t resuscitate comatose UDC relationship

Mpho Pheko PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Mpho Pheko PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Following a once-promising partner in the Alliance for Progressives (AP) backing out of cooperation talks, Botswana Congress Party (BLP) has made it clear it won’t resuscitate a failed relationship with the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).

The BCP says it prefers to contest the upcoming 2024 General Election in cooperation with other parties but not under the UDC in its current form. Technically BCP is still under the UDC, an arrangement they say will collapse once Parliament dissolves before the 2024 General Election.

They have been carving an alternate path with AP and newcomer Botswana Labour Party (BLP) until recently when months and months of progress crumbled down.

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