We won’t be there to save the UDC in 2024 - BCP :: Mmegi Online

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has revealed that it will not be there to save the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in the 2024 General Election like it did in 2019.

In the 2019 polls, the BCP which was then contesting under the tri-party coalition, won 11 parliamentary seats out of possible 20 allocated to it, while their partners now turned nemesis, Botswana National Front (BNF) won only three out of a possible 30. Both the BCP and the BNF were contesting under the UDC alongside their less strong partner Botswana People’s Party (BPP).

The BCP has emphasised that it won’t contest under the UDC next year following bitter fallout over issues of governance amongst others. In a press briefing held today, the BCP secretary-general (SG) Goretetse Kekgonegile indicated that even though they have lost 19 councillors to the UDC, the latter will suffer without them in the coming polls, which will be a three-horse race between the BCP, UDC and ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).

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We won’t be there to save the UDC in 2024 - BCP

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has revealed that it will not be there to save the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in the 2024 General Election like it did in 2019.

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