BDP on slippery ground

BDP for go: The ruling party is hoping yo increase its parliamentary and council seats
BDP for go: The ruling party is hoping yo increase its parliamentary and council seats

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) faces an uphill battle ahead of the upcoming October general elections.

A Mmegi analysis shows that the BDP might be safe in only 27 of the constituencies they won in the last general elections.

In the 2009 general elections, of the 45 constituencies the ruling party won, 18 of them were by a slim margin, according to an Independent Electoral Commission report.

Editor's Comment
UDC's 100 Days: Please deliver your promises!

We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...

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