The long silence projected by the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) following the formation of a splinter party - Alliance for Progressives – by its former members lead by Ndaba Gaolatlhe has finally been broken by the party’s Vice President Dr Tlamelo Mmatli who has declared that his party intends to field suitable candidates in all constituencies and wards which had been allocated to them by the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). “However, one thing is clear to these BMD defectors who have joined parties that are outside of the UDC – which the BMD will identify and field suitable candidates in all the constituencies and wards that they won under the banner of BMD of the UDC before they moved to the AP or BDP. This applies to all those who defected to other UDC contracting parties. The BNF, BCP, or BPP will field candidates from their ranks in areas held by those who defected from them. This Fact should be known to those who are desirous of leaving the BMD for any political parties whatsoever (and I repeat; I am not aware of any such councillors or MPs),” Dr Mmatli said. Dr Mmatli – the Molepolole South MP…