UDC triumphs over BMD

Friday, August 30, 2019

UDC president Duma Boko addressing the media PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

The Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) has lost with cost in a case it was challenging its expulsion from the opposition coalition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).

BMD led by its president, Sidney Pilane had filed a review application before the High Court after the UDC expelled it from its fold in October 2018.

When dismissing the application, Justice Bashi Moesi said the BMD failed to produce any legal and credible case to convince the court why the UDC should not expel it.

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