Eric Molale parades UDC activists

Monday, August 03, 2015

Charma-Gal and BDP bigwigs ushering Molale onto the stage

The Botswana Democratic Party(BDP) Communications and International Relations Manager Thapelo Pabalinga says he sent out a total of 60 Eric Molale branded t-shirts to newly recruited members from the main rival United Democratic Change(UDC).

“We are encouraged by the fact that there is some unhappiness in our rival’s camp, and some of the people who defected to us are their former council candidates who did very well in the 2014 General elections; they did not win but one former area council candidate in this ward had puled 698 votes,” Pabalinga added.

The BDP paraded some 22 members on stage alongside their Parliamentary candidate Molale on Sunday at a well-attended rally in Pitsane where Charma Gal was the toast of the day.

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Eric Molale parades UDC activists

The Botswana Democratic Party(BDP) Communications and International Relations Manager Thapelo Pabalinga says he sent out a total of 60 Eric Molale branded t-shirts to newly recruited members from the main rival United Democratic Change(UDC).