Freedom Square

Pilane is lucky because of Boko When the future of Pilane was looking bleak under the BMD, it was Boko who came to his rescue as UDC President by making a ruling that saw everybody else run away from the BMD to leave him as the party president. Within the UDC again, everybody wants Pilane out, and again Boko says Pilane is going nowhere. Even recently when Saleshando was attacking Pilane it was Boko again who came in defence of Pilane.[Cyril Moshomane] Only unity can help effect change I still maintain my stance that as AP, we need BCP, BNF, BPP and all Batswana to effect regime change. The entire opposition fraternity needs all Opposition Parties in Unity. Hela motho yo o leferetho o mongwehela ka monwana yo go lebegang go sena yo o mmatlang mo opposition. Ee, gona le batho ba ba neng ba mo rata thata bogolo thata nako e a neng a thuba BMD ka dimpsya, yet today ga ba sa tho ba mmatla. Ma BNF, Ma BCP le Ma AP ba kgaoganngwa ke motho yo hela, mme balatedi ba di party tse ka bontsi ga ba batle Rre yo. UNITY and only UNITY can give us the new Botswana. [Thapelo Moswaana] Francistown South Constituency Dynamics! In 2014, MP Wynter Mmolotsi managed to retain the constituency under the UDC ticket but let me highlight to you the reasons behind his win. MP Mmolotsi did not win because he was a UDC member. This is because prior to the election BMD in Francistown South was very weak with only few card carrying members in the constituency. Immediately after BMD was formed it was then swallowed by UDC. In fact, in Francistown South, it should be noted that BNF does not even exist or rather to make it sound polite, it has only a few members to cause any significant impact on the election results. The BCP which by then deliberately refused to join the UDC gained only 1400 votes in isolation. Wynter Mmolotsi won by close to 6000 votes in that constituency. The questions that remains in our mind then should be on who exactly voted MP Wynter? They are those people who vote along political party lines and those who care less about political affiliation but rather vote individuals based on their strength (performance). It is for this reason that AP should enlarge their territory and seek votes even from those non-aligned individuals, and even approach the BDP members to lure votes from them in the upcoming elections. [Venture Sekelly]