Molatlhegi contest sparks controversy

Dr Molatlhegi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Dr Molatlhegi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Just when it all seemed that opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) compromised for inner party peace after vice president Reverend Dr Moiseraela Prince Dibeela bowed out of the presidential race, Mmegi Correspondent GOITSEMODIMO KAELO writes that the emergence of Dr Baatlhodi ‘Bucs’ Molatlhegi in the race might have opened healing wounds

For a long time, the BNF has been rocked by internal instability. The party found itself divided when Dibeela decided to challenge his president, Duma Boko for the top post. However, the BNF seemed to have attained a little bit of respite when Dibeela pulled out of the race. With the impending elections for the party’s new leadership, there was hope that the BNF would emerge from the elections a united front and ready to cement its position as the country’s biggest opposition party as it has often times self proclaimed.

But Molatlhegi’s emergence has almost thrown the cat among the pigeons, and could see the BNF plunged into further turmoil going into its congress. It is clear that the party is once again fighting with itself as entrenched factions prepare to battle for control. While Boko once rallied his troops to engage in robust activism and defence of the organisation in the absence of a crisis or a threat to the party, the BNF masses now find itself almost divided as to who to support for the party’s presidential position. “We must be on red alert diligently in defence of the BNF,” pleaded Boko during the launch of the party’s membership recruitment drive launch in 2020.

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