BDP beyond Schlemmer

About a month-and-a-half ago in Gaborone, a high-ranking official of one opposition party was called to the office of a very senior official of the Botswana Democratic Party. On the table was an offer: We are open to a sensible discussion. What do you want?

The BDP official, an elderly man and a very senior member of the executive, had been sent to talk to the young man; to tell him that all options were on the table. The 'usual package' was put before the youthful opposition politician: A diplomatic post. A ministerial post. Special attention to the young man's business interests, should he need some.  The opposition politician wanted to know what was in it for his fellow comrades still stuck in opposition wilderness. Well, the old man returned, "Forget those. It is you we want. They can atone for their own sins at their own time."