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Primaries: BCP’s selling point

Friday, August 11, 2023 | 350 Views |

Saleshando is confident that the BCP has a competitive advantage PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

By holding primary elections, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) believes it has a selling point as it goes at it alone in next year’s general election.

The BCP, which contested under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in the 2019 General Election, says it is a beacon of democracy compared to other political parties which seem to ignore respecting the process of internal democracy through holding primary elections.

A UDC affiliate, the Botswana National Front (BNF) last month after its annual conference in Shoshong made a resolution that there will be no primary elections.

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Primaries: BCP’s selling point

By holding primary elections, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) believes it has a selling point as it goes at it alone in next year’s general election.

BNSC powerless as fights escalate

Sportspersons flock to politics

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Softball team denied World Cup chance

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