UDC Road: �It has not been an easy road�

Duma Boko
Duma Boko

Having been brought together by the desire to effect meaningful change of Government in 2019, which the nation has been yearning for and in order to respond to the challenges that the nation is faced with, the leaders of the four opposition parties in the country started negotiations after the 2014 general elections.

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.

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