UDC Will Not Prevail Against Pilane � Mmolotsi

Alliance For Progressives vice president Wynter Mmolotsi addressing newly formed party members in Fracistown PIC: KEAOGILE BONANG
Alliance For Progressives vice president Wynter Mmolotsi addressing newly formed party members in Fracistown PIC: KEAOGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) leadership will not effectively contain Sydney Pilane who is now claiming the presidency of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) against the will of the other coalition partners.

This is according to Alliance for Progressives (AP) vice president Wynter Mmolotsi. Mmolotsi was addressing AP members at Montsamaisa Secondary School over the weekend. The AP is a splinter party of the BMD formed just over a fortnight ago, following two years of simmering tensions within the party. The UDC is made up of the Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and the BMD.

Following the formation of the AP, Pilane pronounced himself as the legitimate president of the BMD while the UDC has made it clear that it does not recognise him.

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