We can’t compromise to please a few - BCP
Friday, April 21, 2023 | 460 Views |
Mpho Pheko PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The BCP which is still a member of opposition coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) started 2024 General Election cooperation talks with AP last year only to be later joined by Botswana National Party (BNF) splinter party BLP.
BCP is unhappy with governance issues at the UDC and decided to carve an alternate path with the AP dubbed New Botswana. Now AP’s withdrawal from the talks has opened old wounds with some reports that the BCP has a big brother mentality and cannot seem to work with anyone.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...