Secretary General says goal is to ensure UDC stay in power
The Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF), a rising political force in Botswana’s Central Region, finds itself at a crucial crossroads as it contemplates the nature of its cooperation with the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the opposition coalition that recently ended the Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) six-decade rule. The BPF’s leadership, under party president Lawrence Ookeditse, has yet to formally decide on the exact model of engagement with the UDC, despite a clear mandate from its Serowe elective congress last year to pursue cooperation. This moment of indecision underscores the complexities of coalition politics in Botswana’s evolving multiparty democracy.
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