BCP youth eye deposed BMD constituencies

Following the expulsion of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the Botswana Congress Party Youth League (BCPYL) wants at least three of the 13 vacant constituencies to be given to youth.

The UDC is expected to have dealt with the allocation of the constituencies by yesterday. 

The BCPYL president, Tlhabologo Furniture on Wednesday said that BCPYL submitted a proposal to the UDC National Executive Committee (NEC) pleading for three constituencies to be reserved for youth candidates. 

Editor's Comment
Ruling party should tread carefully on cadre deployment

But on the particularly sensitive question of cadre deployment, the BNF must tread very carefully.The issue deserves robust debate, not ideological enthusiasm. Recent public comments from the BNF leadership are reassuring: the party has said that government positions should be based on merit and competence rather than party membership, and that it does not have a specific cadre-deployment policy.That principle should remain firmly at the centre...

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