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Moswaane, council candidates at loggerheads

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The relationship between Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MP for Francistown West, Ignatius Moswaane and his council candidates is said to have broken down irretrievably with less than two months left to the much anticipated October general elections. All is not well within the BDP in Francistown West, one of the constituencies regarded as the strong hold for the ruling party. In an interview with this publication, one of the BDP council candidates in the constituency who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of intimidation and victimization said Moswaane does not want to work with them anymore. He alleges that the controversial Moswaane prefers to work with Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) council candidates instead of BDP candidates. “We have learnt that Moswaane intends to defect to the BPF immediately after he is declared the winner at the upcoming general elections. A deal has been sealed that BPF should not field a parliamentary candidate in Francistown West so that Moswaane can jump ship in October and become the new political formation’s MP,” he divulged. The council candidate went on to say that Moswaane does not want to conduct house to house campaigns with them as council candidates but under normal circumstances a…

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