Just as predicted and acknowledged privately and publicly by some of its members, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) will not be party to the pretension game. They have jumped onto the opportunity of confirming once and for all the complete demise and death of Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) – one of their key partners at the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). BCP’s move brings back the question of their genuineness in trying to mediate in BMD troubles while they knew they stood to benefit from its death. Their most senior operatives have been quoted celebrating its demise. This means that despite BMD leader Sydney Pilane’s proclamation that none of his 17 constituencies will be given to cooperating partners – though with no numbers on the ground to back his stand – his party is likely to lose out significant allotted seats. The Botswana National Front (BNF), which stands as the biggest loser since it was the one that allowed BMD to take some of its strongholds, is allegedly also positioning itself to benefit from BMD’s clear numerical weakness. The BNF Executive was due to hold a retreat from yesterday to discuss key strategic issues. Having barely held rallies even…