BPP leadership faces constitutional scrutiny

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Molapise-led BPP leadership is effectively serving a third consecutive term without a fresh mandate from delegates PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Botswana People's Party (BPP) leadership is facing growing scrutiny over its continued failure to hold central committee (CC) elections as required by the party constitution, raising fresh questions about internal democracy and adherence to its own governing rules.

Although the BPP constitution provides that the central committee should be elected every three years, the party has not held elections since its national delegates conference in 2015.

“All members of the central committee shall be elected on three- year term of office subject to re-election. However, if the central committee elections coincide with the national General Election in any given year, the central committee elections shall be postponed to the following year,” section 6 (n) of the BPP constitution states.

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BPP leadership faces constitutional scrutiny

The Botswana People's Party (BPP) leadership is facing growing scrutiny over its continued failure to hold central committee (CC) elections as required by the party constitution, raising fresh questions about internal democracy and adherence to its own governing rules.

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