BPF has no arrangement with UDC outside Parley – Reatile

Reatile, who is often blamed for pulling the BPF out of the UDC months before last year’s general election, is seeking to defend his presidency at the party’s elective congress scheduled for November 1 in Serowe.

Speaking during a press briefing to launch his lobby team, Reatile said the decision to quit the UDC was a popular demand from the BPF members. He was quick to emphasise that while some people think he took a sole decision to remove the BPF from the UDC last year, it was the members who opted out. “It was hard to contest alone last year, but I decided to leave the UDC because it was what the members wanted. I held countrywide consultations with members who made it clear that they wanted BPF to go it alone in the past elections,” Reatile revealed.