BMD dares Khama to call for general elections

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The Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) has called on President Ian Khama of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to resign and call for general elections.

Responding to a challenge by Khama who speaking at a rally in Francistown over the weekend, that all the BDP members who defect to the new BMD, whilst occupying MPs and councilor seats should resign from their (parliamentary and council seats) positions, BMD spokesperson Sidney Pilane responded in kind;

"We throw the challenge back to the President. If he is as confident as he makes out, we dare him to resign from the presidency, dissolve Parliament and call for elections now! Although yet unprepared, we are supremely confident that the country is so anxious to get rid of him and his military regime the BDP would lose the elections overwhelmingly. It is because he is acutely aware of this that he dares not take up this challenge.

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