{"id":37270,"date":"2023-10-27T07:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T07:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=37270"},"modified":"2023-10-27T05:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T05:01:28","slug":"boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed","title":{"rendered":"BOKO: UDC Talks Are 95% Completed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The president of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko has announced that opposition coalition talks are nearly 95 percent completed, which may imply that official announcements could be made soon.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a presser in Gaborone this week, Boko stated: \u201cWe will not be making any pronouncement on the talks but what we can perhaps confirm is that the process is unfolding smoothly. We are nearly 95 percent complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was keen to dispel growing concerns about the state of the four-party cooperation talks, particularly in view of reported disagreements over constituency allocations.<\/p>\n<p>No leaks<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything you read in the newspapers is far from the truth,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, the extent of the speculation provides me with a reassurance that there are no leaks within our National Executive Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boko emphasised the UDC\u2019s commitment to unity and its determination to present a strong and united front in the general elections next year.<\/p>\n<p>He underlined the coalition\u2019s collective vigilance and intolerance of any potential manipulation or bias during the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisgusting\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He expressed dissatisfaction with the Independent Electoral Commission, describing the institution as \u201cdisrespectful and contemptuous\u201d for allegedly disregarding a recent letter from the UDC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recently wrote a letter to the IEC, but the level of disrespect at this entity is disgusting,\u201d Boko charged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they can ignore me, the leader of a key stakeholder in the administration of elections, it means they are disrespecting the party and multitudes of its electorates and sympathisers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Integrity<\/p>\n<p>The UDC president stated that the IEC\u2019s disregard of his correspondence partially validates the existence of the Madibelatlhopho Brigade, a controversial UDC structure that Boko said was established with the primary goal of safeguarding the integrity of the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the Madibelatlhopho Brigade should not be misconstrued as a vigilante group, saying it is as \u201ca peaceful and cooperative entity created to ensure a seamless and equitable electoral process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. The president of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko has announced that opposition coalition talks are nearly 95 percent completed, which may imply that official announcements could be made soon. Speaking at a presser in Gaborone this week, Boko stated: \u201cWe will not be making any pronouncement on the talks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,244],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-37270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BOKO: UDC Talks Are 95% Completed - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The president of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko has announced that opposition coalition talks ar ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BOKO: UDC Talks Are 95% Completed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The president of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Duma Boko has announced that opposition coalition talks ar ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-27T07:01:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/10\/sm_1698370128.008671.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BOKO: UDC Talks Are 95% Completed\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-27T07:01:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed\"},\"wordCount\":338,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/10\/sm_1698370128.008671.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/boko-udc-talks-are-95-completed\",\"name\":\"BOKO: UDC Talks Are 95% Completed - 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