BNF cllrs plot to ouster Moupo

Orapa councillor, Chilume Balopi told Mmegi that it is clear that Moupo and his central committee have failed to improve the fortunes of the party during the last general elections. He said that after the elections, BNF councillors in Central District met and agreed that they should lobby the masses to help unseat Moupo at the upcoming part congress in July. He said the councillors have been concerned about the deafening silence from the politburo after the general elections. They were surprised that when the leadership failed to do a post-mortem on what led to the party's dismal performance in the elections.

They faulted the leadership for suspending and firing party members on the eve of elections. Some of the members who were dismissed are former MP Robert Molefhabangwe and Nehemiah Modubule. Molefhabangwe has since joined the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) while Modubule stood as an independent and retained his Lobatse constituency.