BCP counts losses after by-election switch

| Wednesday December 4, 2013 16:16

 

Samuel Moribame, the BCP Francistown region leader told Mmegi yesterday that the postponement has also created a dilemma for the party because its primaries for Francistown are billed for February, days after the rescheduled by-election. He said that unless they change the date of their primaries, some party members may abandon campaigning for the by-election and focus on campaigning on the primaries.

Campaigning for the February party primaries instead of the by-election in the city may reduce the BCP’s chances of winning Francistown West.

“The central committee was supposed to meet last week Friday to decide the way forward since the by-election has been moved to January. However, the meeting did not materialise,” Moribame said.

“The central committee will meet soon and reach a conclusive decision on issues surrounding the Francistown primaries since the by-election has been moved. The by-election postponement has caused a lot of inconvenience to the party,” he said yesterday.

The BCP primaries in Francistown were postponed from November to February to allow the party to focus on campaigns for the Francistown West by-election. That was before Vice President Dr Ponatshego Kedikilwe invoked executive powers to postpone the by-election.

In October, the BCP believed that if the primaries were to be held on a date closer to the November 23 by-election day, some party members in the city were going to be distracted. 

Already the BCP primaries have been held in other constituencies in the country.