Pilane’s worst week in politics His party’s – BMD Youth League – call for his firing NEC to discuss letter calling for Pilane sacking UDC colleagues insult him BCP threatens not to vote for him The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) will at its meeting next week consider a letter from a group of youth calling from party President Sidney Pilane to step down, following humiliation he suffered after trading insults in a secret WhatsApp group against other UDC leaders was leaked. A group of eight youth have written to the party National Working Committee demanding that Pilane be asked to step down to pave the way for new leadership to take the movement forward on a clean slate. The group is made up of youth leaders and ordinary members. However, the NWC meeting to authenticate the letter on Thursday resolved that the matter is complex as it is new to them and therefore should be escalated to NEC. “Yes, NWC met to the authors of that letter. Four have since written letters withdrawing their signatures, while four remain. NWC came to the conclusion that they should seek the intervention of NEC to advise on…