UDC ready to take war to the BDP

The two founding opposition parties have remained steadfast to the UDC course while other parties have come and gone. Now, after being joined by new members, being the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and Alliance for Progressives (AP), the UDC is coming up with all its arsenal to try and remove the BDP from power almost 60 years since independence.

The opposition bloc takes great pleasure in having made significant contributions to Botswana's democracy and in having some of their resolutions and suggestions accepted by the government, despite the fact that they have never taken the reins of power. Some of the issues that the BNF and BPP as individual parties pushed for and were adopted include the establishment of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), proposing that the voting age be lowered from 21 to 18 years, the introduction of the old age pension and the establishment of Botswana Defence Force (BDF).