UDC drops party symbols for an umbrella
Friday, December 20, 2013
The three parties - the Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) - have applied to the Electoral Commission (IEC) to have their individual organisation’s symbols de-registered, and only have an umbrella as the election sign.
Initially the UDC logo had a big umbrella illustration with individual parties symbols prominently printed on the flaps.
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