UDC responds to BCP
Friday, September 23, 2022 | 40 Views |
Moeti Mohwasa. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The UDC has four affiliates, the BCP, the Botswana National Front (BNF), the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF). Lately, the UDC and the BCP marriage has apparently been rocky, sparking exchanges of words officially and non-official on social media platforms.
This week, the UDC president Duma Boko gave the BCP Members of Parliament (MPs) and councillors an ultimatum, which forces them to choose between the UDC and the BCP.
“Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.”-Lord HewartHis decision was the correct one.The move neither proves guilt nor settles the serious allegations that have brought him to the doorstep of the Regional Magistrate’s Court.It does, however, recognise a basic principle of accountable government, that a minister facing criminal charges should not remain in a position that could create even...