
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members are rubbing hands in glee as the conflict within the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) is becoming internecine — a mutually destructive fight — as the contracting parties are turning on each other ahead of their congress in two weeks. Last weekend all the contracting partners held their leadership forums at various places to prepare for the congress s and highly placed sources within the parties are labelling the outcomes of the forums as if they were held at the Tower of Babel as the jockeying for positions and constituencies takes another twist. A member of Botswana National Front (BNF) National Executive Committee has confided that he is sceptical anything positive will come out of the February UDC congress as the scheming and plotting is becoming dirtier and messier by each passing day. “There is talk of separating the wheat from the chaff within the UDC and some are suggesting that Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) should not be treated as equals with BNF and Botswana Congress Party (BCP),” a source alleged. BNF and BCP are said to be suggesting that a membership audit must be conducted on all…