Umbrella is the way to go

The Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD),the Botswana National Front(BNF) and the Botswana Peoples Party(BPP) have formed a coalition called the Umbrella for Democratic change(UDC).The Botswana Congress Party indicated long back that it was going to contest the 2014 elections on its own, a position now accepted by the UDC.

The three parties are marching towards the 2014 elections as a unit. Many Batswana are pinning their hopes on the UDC come the elections. Batswana are not worried about symbols they are more worried about what parties stand for and they want change regardless of the symbol used. Symbols are usually wanted by party loyalists who in many cases are outnumbered by ordinary voters.

The UDC is the way to go and I have no doubt that UDC will be victorius in the 2014 elections despite all the challenges it is faced with. The doubting Thomases will get the shock of their lives.

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