Saleshando, who has been extolling his party as the most organised when it comes to election preparation, told followers who had attended the BCP conference during Presidents’ Holidays that the opportunity has never presented itself like it has now. Therefore, it is up to the party to grab it because it might never arise again. Saleshando has been at the helm since taking over in 2010 and will be leading the party to a third general election as president. He said in the 12 weeks leading up to the polls, the BCP must sweat and behave like it is the second coming of Jesus Christ. Saleshando pointed out that they need to focus more as they head into the election. He advised that people should not be distracted between now and election. “We are entering the final lap, some of us will feel like their engines have overheated. Party politics is like a relay and we have agreed here at the conference that those who will slow down in the final lap should tell us now so that we can put faster legs as a substitution. “Every ward knows what to do, we have assigned people to campaign on a daily basis until the results of the election comes,” he said.
The Maun West legislator added that they come from the conference with total focus. “I have no doubt that we will reap the results of what we sow here. This conference marks BCP as an opposition party to a government-in-waiting, it shows that we are prepared. We need to put a government in place in October, there is a vacancy,” he added. Saleshando said the fact that they contested under the Umbrella for Democratic Change in 2019 and managed to win 11 constituencies out of the 20 they were allocated shows how determined they were to win office. Now that the BCP has quit the opposition coalition, he said they are looking at 61 constituencies’ and they only need 31 to attain government. Saleshando said he was advised by the national campaign manager to slow down on campaigns to avoid mental exhaustion. “I have decided not to take her advice,” he said. “Yes the BCP is the best when it comes to preparation but let's us work on building the best party in SADC and we can do it right here,” he said.
