An order for the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) to hold a congress to elect new leadership was scheduled to take centre stage at a national executive committee meeting yesterday (Saturday), after the national working committee escalated the issue to the higher authority. Party spin doctor Winfred Rasina said late Friday that the National Working Committee had considered the recommendations from the UDC, which were delivered to them on Monday, and resolved at the Thursday meeting to refer it to the NEC in view of its magnitude. He said the decision was made to give the matter thorough consideration because as a member in good standing the BMD feels duty bound to assist the parent Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) to resolve the matter sufficiently, recognising that the coalition has never handled a similar dispute. "We don’t have a problem with the recommendations although we may not agree with everything. As a member in good standing we are duty bound by the constitution of the UDC to comply and abide by its guidance, this notwithstanding that we have our own constitution," said Rasina, refusing to discuss the details of the verdict further. But even before BMD takes a position on…