BDP rapport farfetched in election year

Friday, April 12, 2019

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has just emerged from its tumultuous presidential election, which saw a first presidential challenger, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi chickening out of the race at the 11th hour. There is fear that the political centre might not hold post the Kang congress, Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE follows the story

FRANCISTOWN: It would have been a proper test of inner party democracy if Venson-Moitoi and her New Jerusalem political formation had contested the weekend party presidential race.

Emerging from a taxing case where she had taken her party to court citing bias and a plethora of irregularities against the party structures and its top leadership, presidential candidate, Venson-Moitoi is visibly not a happy person at all.

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