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UDC's constitution amendment delays to favour BPF

Duma Boko PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Duma Boko PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) president, Duma Boko says the delay to amend the coalition's constitution was done to allow future members of the bloc to have a stake in the ‘people’s project’.

Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) is the latest party to join the opposition alliance and according to Boko delaying the change to the coalition's constitution was a decision made by the National Executive Committee (NEC) which the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) was a part of.

BCP president, Dumelang Saleshando has complained that for more than a decade the UDC has been running on a transitional clause and it was time the party held an inaugural congress. “UDC is in a state of emergency, the UDC constitution is not used as it should be and after 10 years there has not been the first congress and there is no internal democracy.

Editor's Comment
The Boko-led administration has to tread carefully

‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...

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