Key candidates beef up lobby lists

As such, the candidates have brought in former members of the BDP central committee, former MPs and serving members who are set to change the tide just in time for the main action tomorrow. Some of the additional members on the lobby lists are said to be key and influential with others already bringing votes from their loyal delegates.

Having additional members who can sway votes to their camps is said to have been the key criteria when the main candidates chose members under their lobby lists ticket. Apart from being a member of the central committee, additional members’ role in the BDP is to take care of both regions and constituencies. In an interview with the BDP spokesperson Kagelelo Kentse, he explained: “The additional members are assigned to take care of regions and constituencies.