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BCP ON LEPOKOLE-BOROTSI BY-ELECTION VICTORY The BCP is heartened by Saturday 9th December 2023 results where it won the Borotsi - Lepokole ward in Bobirwa constituency with huge margins. The emphatic win was announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the 9th December 2023 following a poll on the same day. The Final Results show the BCP leading comfortably with 860 against ๐๐ƒ๐'๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ and ๐”๐ƒ๐‚'๐’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”. A total of 18 ballots were spoiled.Congratulations to Hon. Moalosi Afa. We wish him well in his new tour of duty. We also congratulate our Vice President and MP for Bobirwa Hon. Taolo Lucas, the campaigns manager, Hon. Councillor Koketso Moja and all the BCP cadres in the Bobirwa Constituency for leading the way. We congratulate other activists of the BCP from beyond the ward and constituency for their hard work and for this resounding victory for the ๐๐‚๐, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.The results also mark a turning point in the history of our country as they ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‚๐'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎr ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐.Batswana are tired of broken promises and are determined to eject BDP in 2024 and replace it with the BCP - KGOLOLO YA SECHABA. No amount of cheating or corrupt practices by the monied who think our people are purchasable should stop the winds of change that are blowing in our country. To those who want to exploit our people by giving them money to influence them to decide against a prosperous future for their children, we assure them that their approach will end in tears. Of course, our people need food parcels and money that our opponents offer them. Our message is; ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ; ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’. To all patriotic citizens, we need your votes in large numbers to form a new government for a new and better Botswana in 2024.As the BCP marches on we will, in the next 6 days (starting on Tuesday the 12th of December 2023) roll out a series of offerings and activities that will leave no one in doubt that ๐๐‚๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š.We will announce our candidates who just emerged victorious in party primaries and also launch a summary of our signature manifesto promises. These activities and offerings are a befitting celebration of the Borotsi - Lepokole victory. We are humbled by this victory which has invigorated our people to work even harder to save our country from the ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ and to save our country from the debilitating corruption, poor governance and those intent on selling our country to the highest bidder. We urge our people to continue to work hard and leave nothing to chance. Please talk to your families, friends and relatives this festive season. We need to build an unbreakable covenant as already shown by the people at Borotsi - Lepokole. Through this victory we hope Batswana will be disabused, once and for all of the false narrative being peddled by doomsayers and apologists of the moribund and corrupt BDP regime that โ€œthere is still no alternativeโ€. 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The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) National Executive Committee (NEC) dealt a heavy blow to Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) faction โ€“ New Jerusalem faction โ€“ on Tuesday by refusing to move Motion of No Confidence against President Mokgweetsi Masisi.

Highly sources, who attended the Tuesday NEC meeting, revealed that party President Advocate Duma Boko told the committee that he has been approached by some BDP MPs who wanted the UDC to table the motion against President Masisi.

Members of the UDC NEC, who attended the meeting, said they were taken aback by the revelation by their leader on why he wants to be used as political mercenary by the BDP faction.

โ€œHe informed us that the faction has promised that they have 18 MPs and if they combine the numbers with those of the UDC the motion can sail through,โ€ revealed the source.

Most of the NEC members are said to have opposed the move, reasoning that it will compromise the UDC and portray them as errand boys for the estranged BDP members.

โ€œOur focus is to offer alternative rather meddling in the internal politics of the BDP which might even affect us,โ€ revealed the source.

Contacted for comment UDC Publicity Secretary Moeti Mohwasa denied that the issue was discussed at the Tuesday meeting.

Last year when Boko tabled the motion on a certificate of urgency, BCP President Dumelang Saleshando said he was not informed beforehand about the motion but the then UDC Vice President Sidney Pilane said Boko informed him.

โ€œThere was no need for Boko to inform Saleshando as this was an issue of constitutionality which he is not accustomed to,โ€ said Pilane last year.

The motion failed to both gain passage and garner support even from the entire opposition bench as members of Alliance for Progressives (AP) abstained from voting.

BDP MPs aligned with NJ, which supports Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi as presidential candidate, are said to be afraid to come forward and present the motion themselves; lest they face the wrath of the party leadership.

The faction, which has not been doing well in regional and branch congresses as almost all regions has endorsed Masisi, want the motion to be tabled before the congress in Kang.

Last year President Masisi slapped former parliamentary candidate for Mogoditshane, Tshepang Mabaila with five-year suspension after it was found that he mobilised MPs to support the Motion of No Confidence tabled by Boko.

โ€œIt is alleged further that you have also shown that you are against party president and promoted the interests of other parties against the BDP by mobilizing opposition members and BDP members to vote for a motion of no confidence tabled by the Leader of Opposition,โ€ stated the letter suspending Mabaila from the party.

The UDC NEC, which is made up of representatives from Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana Peoples Party (BPP), is alleged to have reasoned that the first motion of no confidence did not only dent the image of the alliance but also cartooned their president.

After Boko tabled the motion he was labeled a โ€˜hired gunโ€™ for former President Ian Khama who has fallen out with his predecessor.

It was alleged that Boko was boosted financially by Khama in order to hold a congress in Rakops last year, allegations that he has vehemently denied.

It was revealed that most  of the issues raised in the motion of no confidence by Boko formed part of a letter that Khama wrote to President  Masisi complaining about how former Director of Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) Isaac Kgosi was dismissed. Khama has publicly confirmed his friendship with the UDC President.

In an interview after the failed motion Boko confirmed that he had met Khama and that they had a friendly chat since they were not enemies.  

Boko in debating the motion defended Khamaโ€™s request to have Kgosi re-appointed as his Private Secretary following the retirement of the then Private secretary.

โ€œIs there anything that prevents his appointment lawfully? No. When he was removed from his office as Director General of the DIS, did anybody suggest that he had committed an offence? Was he convicted? Was he tried? Was there a hearing? No! He simply was retired at the pleasure of the President,โ€ said Boko, inviting a hail of hot coals descending on him from Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Shaw Kgathi.

โ€œI am wondering since when did Boko start loving former President Khama? It is like hearing Satan praising you when you are a Christian, you ask yourself if you will enter the Kingdom of God,โ€ said Kgathi to the laughter of Parliamentarians.

Kgosi has since been detained and has had the security agents raid, search and seize documents and equipment from some of his properties. 

When responding to the motion of no confidence last year, assistant Minister of Tertiary Education Fidelis Molao came with guns blazing accusing Boko of being a hired gun and rubble rousing for certain people.

โ€œThis Motion has been brought to the House and I opined that the mover of the Motion is a hired gun and I stick by it. He is doing the bidding for certain people, and it is very dangerous Mr Speaker,โ€ said Molao, refusing to state names of those certain people.

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