BDP besieged by intra-party feuding

BDP members PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
BDP members PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) continues to be dogged by inner party democracy. It is a party at war with itself. Mmegi Correspondent GOITSEMODIMO KAELO looks at what impact this lack of peace within the BDP could have on the party and goverment at national level.

The link between the ruling party and government needs no emphasis as it is very important in policy outcome. There is also a thin line separating the ruling party and government leadership, with the latter in most cases, possessing influence on the government. As such, the affairs and functions of the ruling party are crucial to shaping the policies that government would adopt. This means that in the event that the ruling party finds itself besieged by intra-party fighting, especially when the disputes are allowed to manifest into something more sinister, they could affect policy making at national level. Factionalism has never achieved anything productive.

Just like the African proverb that says, 'When the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled’, the BDP factions would have an impact on how the party conducts government business. When powerful forces go to war, it's their people who get hurt. In such cases, those who never asked for the conflict in the first place are caught, and killed, in the crossfire.

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