Addressing coalition members on Wednesday as part of the UDC ongoing national tour, Boko said they were asked to mediate after the violence-ridden BMD Bobonong congress and they did. He said there was no way UDC could just impose itself on issues it was not consulted on, hence they waited for BMD members to seek intervention. He said after hearing submissions from both sides of the BMD they learnt that in fact the BMD inner party battles started during the Gantsi congress two years earlier. “We then resolved that the party reinstate expelled members and that the Ramotswa youth congress was unconstitutional. The UDC offered to engage guidance and counselling professionals for the BMD leadership after which another congress to elect the party leadership would be decided upon,” he said.
Boko, who is also the president of the coalition member, Botswana National Front, said BMD was asked to go and agree on power sharing between the Ndaba Gaolathe-led and Sidney Pilane-led factions and that UDC could not immediately resolve on another congress to avoid more battles erupting. He said they were to learn later that others have decided to break away because they did not like the UDC position on the matter.
