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BNF seeks unity post turmoil

Modise said the leadership forum is intended to restore cohesion PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG
Modise said the leadership forum is intended to restore cohesion PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

The Botswana National Front (BNF) leadership has moved to contain growing internal divisions by announcing plans to convene a national leadership forum, amid mounting concerns that the party has been struggling to regain stability since its Palapye elective congress last July.

Such an announcement comes against the backdrop of persistent factional tensions, public spats amongst members, and continued use of temporary communication platforms that were meant to be dissolved after the congress.

Although the BNF constitution requires all temporary structures and platforms formed during congress periods to be disbanded thereafter, Mmegi has it on good authority that several such WhatsApp groups remain active post congress. Some of these platforms, sources say, have become spaces where members openly attack the party leadership and government positions, thus deepening divisions within the organisation.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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