Why the Tonota by-elections may lead a to hung parliament

That Botswana is experiencing a political evolution (or revolution, depending on who you ask), is no longer a case worth of a debate. With this change many things have been revealed; a constitution, which though does not need an overhaul, but rather do beg for a rigorous review, is one of them.

There are many more changes, which will test our democracy, or to put it differently, lack of it, enters Tonota North by-elections.

Tonota North by-elections are not just like any other, in fact, they may prove to carry as much weight as any general election and this is why; to the BDP, this will be a referendum on their current state of affairs and by extension to the president himself.  A win by any margin will be a subject of spin such as never been seen at Tsholetsa house, and they will be entitled to it because I do not recall any point in the recent or far history that "Domi" was this vulnerable and confused.

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