{"id":3468,"date":"2022-03-04T18:27:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/vote-out-bdp"},"modified":"2022-03-04T19:55:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:55:57","slug":"vote-out-bdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/vote-out-bdp","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Vote out BDP\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Former MP for Palapye, Moisiraela Goya says the youth have potential to upset the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) by voting it out of power in the next 2024 general elections.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) Central region youth conference in Palapye on Saturday, Goya said the youth can easily change the landscape of Botswana politics as they not only possesses the numbers in terms of population, but they are also the ones mostly affected by unemployment and poverty which is enough motivation for them to vote out the ruling party. \u201cIn this country as the youth you are the most in terms of population, you are the most affected by unemployment and you are also the most affected by poverty, all these things are skewed to your side, because of all these three things, they should be embedded in each and every youth\u2019s mind that I want to unseat the BDP because it is doing nothing to address these three issues that I am faced with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Goya further advised the youth that, leading into the 2024 the youth must ensure that their voices are heard. \u201cI don\u2019t want to see you the youth taking a back step, you should be in the mix, you should be in there, don\u2019t be observers when we are talking about your future. 2024 and onwards it is your future so don\u2019t take a back step,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he advised them that they should also take part in the talks between opposition parties, as the talks concern them too. \u201cOpposition Parties are negotiating to have some kind of cooperation going towards 2024 general elections, so you must ensure that you are involved as the youth, in this cooperation, the voice of the youth, must be heard In terms of how do you want to see this going forward. Without your voices, you are going to be left out, so you should not allow anybody to decide your future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Goya, who defected from the ruling BDP said if there was an opportunity for the opposition parties to defeat the current regime, it is in 2024. He indicated that if the opposition parties are to defeat it they should first desist from allocating themselves with position before they have defeated the enemy which is the BDP. \u201cAs I have spoken before we are going towards 2024, and 2024 means me and my family, you and your family so let\u2019s go and work together as opposition parties and vote out BDP. what is important is that we should not start allocating ourselves with position right now, this is not a time to talk about who is going to the statehouse. Instead we should work on defeating the BDP and when we succeed that is when we can sit-down reflect and start allocating ourselves with position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He indicated that if the opposition parties fail to defeat BDP in 2024 it will be a step back to square one. \u201cNevertheless, I believe that if we fail in 2024 to defeat the BDP as the BPF we should venture on our own and face this animal and see what happens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Still at the conference, Goya further advised the BPF youth to come up with youth policy which will enunciate all the problems and challenges the youths in the country are facing and solutions that the BPF is going to provide when it takes over power. \u201cIf you are going to unseat BDP, or if you are going to convince people to vote it out, they are going to ask you a question, and say ok we will unseat the BDP, then what, what\u2019s next, this is where youth policy come in,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n

Further, he reminded them as they prepare for election of leadership, at ward, constitution, regional level, the executive committee of the Youth League, they should elect leaders who are capable. \u201cLet\u2019s put friendship aside, let\u2019s vote for people who have the capabilities and the potential to be a leaders. Let\u2019s vote for people and leave pettiness aside. The things that don\u2019t build the party should be put aside,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a living example in this country which no one should find themselves in, which now where our current Patron, lieutenant General Dr Seretse Khama find himself in, he made a mistake, a mistake that is affecting the running of the country today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our organization we should never make this mistake because a person who is one of us has made a mistake that is today regretting, when it comes to Leadership let\u2019s vote carefully because the person that you elect or vote, ask yourself whether this is the person you want to be taking decision on your behalf,\u201d warned Goya<\/p>\n

He also cautioned the Young Patriots to be tolerant and listen to the views of others.<\/p>\n

For her part, BPFYL Interim Vice President, Kesegofetse Magapa reiterated that a lot is expected from them as the youth to make a difference. She indicated that more fifty (50) percent of the voters are the youth, and at the same time as the youth they are the one that are affected by the current regime. \u201cIf there are people that have been affected by the current regime is the youth. We are at the bottom of the food chain. While the youth are the ones that families look up as providers, unfortunately they are not able to do so because of the current regime\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She criticised the youth that drag their feet when it comes to working for the party. \u201cMost of the expectations are on us to grow the movement, and if we decided to drag our feet there won\u2019t be any thing that can be achieved,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can give you an example we had a bye election recently in Tamasane. Youths we\u2019re not visible during the campaigns, there was a few young people, this was disheartening we as didn\u2019t have an answer when we were asked where were the youth and why they are dragging their feet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cif it doesn\u2019t start with you and me that means there is no BPF, I want to believe the elders will have to vacate their posts someday or retire and if as the youth we drag our feet there will be no one who will fill those vacant seats,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In the mean-time Magapa told attendees to be part of the population census exercise that will begin in March so that they can know the population numbers in their areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo avoid what we saw in 2019, where there was cheating in the general election you should be part of this census, because with the information on the population numbers in their area, maybe next time there won\u2019t be able to easily cheat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Magapa revealed that the Palapye regional youth conference is part of the fourteen (14) others that will be held across the country in order to meet with BPF youth for introspection. \u201cWe have decided to host this series of meetings because it had been long since we have met the members since we assumed our positions, so we have decided to traverse the country and check on youth and during these meetings we will be able to share knowledge, exchange ideas and come up with what we can do going forward to 2024,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She indicated that part of the main issues that they will discuss during their meetings with the members is the resuscitation of structures and elections of committees at ward, constitutional, regional and national level. \u201cYou should stand up and elect committees and make sure that they are active as we go to the national conference to elect the youth executive committee,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Magapa also promised the members that the congress wont be the last meeting as they plan to host other meetings leading to the national executive elective youth conference.<\/p>\n

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