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.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...