No freedom of speech in BDP � Nasha

Nasha continues to lash out at the BDP
Nasha continues to lash out at the BDP

GANTSI: Former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) supremo, Margaret Nasha says she left the ruling party because there was no freedom of speech. In the latest swipe against her old party, the former Speaker of Parliament says she joined the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) as she did not agree with “the lack of freedom within the BDP”.

She said government policies were called ‘the President’s policies’, which is “a thing that happens at BDP only”.

Nasha said government media was not allowed to cover gatherings of opposition political parties even as the ruling party ‘lured people’. She said the opposition would defeat the strategy by going directly to the people.

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