Saleshando attacks and praises Mogae

In response to Mogae’s calls for electoral reforms Saleshando said: “Throughout his term of office, President Mogae was opposed to calls for electoral reform, particularly calls for the change of the electoral system.  His opposition was captured succinctly in his address to the BDP National Council in 2007.   The key reasons he advanced were that the current First Past the Post (FPTP) system continues to serve us well by delivering stable governments and the Proportional Representation (PR) takes away the direct link between MPs and the voters and places too much power in the hands of the party leadership.”

The BCP, Saleshando says, has always taken the position that there is need to change the electoral system. “A system based on proportionality allows for the national mood of the voters to be truly reflected in the National Assembly. From the 2014 election results, only 46 percent of voters chose the BDP, the electoral system awarded the BDP 65 percent of the seats in Parliament.