UDC NEC retreat still on the cards

Mohwasa said the retreat is intended to foster unity and connectedness following the acrimonious relationship that developed especially between the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana National Front (BNF) in the coalition. Tensions had spiralled out of control between supporters of the two parties on social media and other platforms.

Some supporters of the BCP and BNF even traded insults over the former’s insistence that an elective congress should be held in order to afford members of the coalition the opportunity to choose the president of the UDC. Some members of the BNF read malice in the decision of the BCP to democratise the UDC, which further widened fault lines between the BCP and BNF.