'We talk to the parastatal leaders, they are not hired' - BDP

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) spokesman, Segaetsho Garekwe, has dismissed speculation that the party has roped in parastatal top brass to man a BDP media strategy aimed at stemming the recent defections that have been rocking the party.

Lately, there has been a mass exodus of people from the BDP to the Botswana Movement for Democracy, a party that sprang out of the ruling party.

In an interview, Garekwe said they met with some people who are associates of the ruling party, calling them 'Friends of the BDP', to discuss and get advice on how they could improve in our dealing with the media.

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