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BDP NYEC supports Tsogwane

Realignment: BDP NYEC aligned to Mpho Balopi has declared its support for the Vice President Slumber Tsogwane lobby list PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Realignment: BDP NYEC aligned to Mpho Balopi has declared its support for the Vice President Slumber Tsogwane lobby list PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Sparks are expected to fly at the upcoming Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) elective congress as the party’s National Youth Executive Committee (NYEC) took a decision to support a lobby team led by Vice President Slumber Tsogwane.

Tsogwane will be battling it out with Nonofo Molefhi for the party’s chairperson position, a position that normally attracts controversy. NYEC chairperson Collen Mochotlhi said the decision was taken by the whole committee.

“The decision to support the whole lobby team for Tsogwane was agreed by all committee members and no one objected to the decision,” he said. However, Mochotlhi said they are aware that party elders did not support some of the members during the youth congress but have decided to put the party’s interest first by supporting those whom they believe would deliver.

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