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Incumbent UDC legislators on a free ride

UDC president Duma Boko PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
UDC president Duma Boko PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Incumbent Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) are safe and will still be exempted from being challenged for primary elections, the UDC has revealed.

Last year the UDC president, Duma Boko gave the BCP affiliated MPs and Councillors an ultimatum to write to the UDC and confirm their desire to represent the coalition in the 2024 General Election.

In the same announcement, Boko promised that MPs and Councillors will not go through primary elections once they have indicated their loyalty. As the primary election season commences in a few months to come across the political sphere, the UDC says the exemption still stands and nothing has changed since Boko’s pronouncement last September.

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