UDC Road: �It has not been an easy road�
Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Duma Boko
These negotiations led to the launch of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which culminated in the joint participation of opposition parties in Sekoma, Ramotswa, Kalakamati, Tsabong and Palapye by-elections. The positive results we registered in Tsabong and Palapye are a clear testimony of what this cooperation can achieve.
We will be deluding the nation if we say that this trajectory that we set for ourselves was smooth. It has not been an easy road. There were huge challenges, but this is normal in any form of negotiations.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...