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New coalition in disarray

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BCP spokesperson Mpho Pheko PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Talks amongst Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Alliance for Progress (AP) and Botswana Labour Party (BLP) for their cooperation in the 2024 General Election seems to be struggling to take shape.

This is despite the BCP having given away some of the key constituencies to the AP. What the BCP had thought would make the negotiations seamless, seems to have failed.

The two constituencies that the BCP are willing to give away include Mogoditshane and Gaborone Central. The AP, BLP and the BCP have formed a new coalition to contest in the upcoming 2024 General Election against a coalition parties under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).

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New coalition in disarray

Talks amongst Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Alliance for Progress (AP) and Botswana Labour Party (BLP) for their cooperation in the 2024 General Election seems to be struggling to take shape.