The return of BDP factions?

The post falls vacant when the current holder and Vice President Ian Khama succeeds Festus Mogae as state and party president next Tuesday. There is a feeling in the party that to avoid 'imposing' a candidate, the powerful 18-member Central Committee should be allowed to fill the cost.

University of Botswana (UB) academic and political analyst, Dr John Makgala warned that it is possible that deep rifts could develop in the committee after the party fills the chairmanship and Khama chooses his vice-president.