Botswana People’s Party (BPP) recently snubbed a meeting of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) held in Francistown, where the presidents of the alliance partners were to resolve outstanding issues surrounding constituencies and wards allocations in the Francistown region. Only Botswana National Front (BNF) leader, who is also UDC president, Duma Boko and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) president Dumelang Saleshando, attended the meeting while their counterpart, Motlatsi Molapisi pulled a no show. Sources within the coalition have hinted that Molapisi’s boycott was a sign of protest as he strongly believes that his party is being undermined as it does not have a huge following compared to the other two coalition partners. In fact, BPP and BCP have not been having a cordial working relationship of late, due to differences concerning ward allocations. The BPP spokesperson, Ventor Galetshabiwe has even accused BCP of having a big brother mentality in trying to get some of the wards belonging to the BPP. The two parties once clashed in Boteti East constituency which has been allocated to the BPP. BCP wanted to field former women’s league president, Daisy Bathusi, arguing that she is more credible and experienced to win the constituency for the UDC.…