BNF intact, resilient under Boko
Friday, March 04, 2022 | 670 Views |
Boko PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The 2019 general election saw the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) systematically rigging elections assisted by some state organs in the BNF-managed constituencies in the southern part of the country.
The courts of law regrettably refused the electoral evidence to be presented before them. The BNF has successfully held its statutory conferences and congresses all these years under Boko. While the ruling party has broken several times leading to the formation of BMD and BPF, Boko has kept the BNF united and attractive. Still under Boko’s leadership, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) was born, and despite the several severe storms that have threatened to break it, Boko has kept it united and robust.
‘The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds’.- Abraham LincolnUntil then, the Council’s operations remain suspended, delaying critical decisions affecting thousands of public sector employees.The current standoff is between the Manual Workers Union on one side and the Six Cooperating Trade Unions, namely BONU, BOPEU, BTU, BDU, BOSETU and...