{"id":42804,"date":"2024-01-31T07:53:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T07:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bpf-considers-going-solo-in-tonota"},"modified":"2024-01-31T08:48:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:48:17","slug":"bpf-considers-going-solo-in-tonota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bpf-considers-going-solo-in-tonota","title":{"rendered":"BPF Considers Going Solo In Tonota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) has threatened to run as a solo entity in Tonota in the 2024 general elections should the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) refuse to reverse allocation of the constituency to the Botswana National Front (BNF) in its favour.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to the Chairman of the Tonota Branch of the BPF, Major Bayendisi Thabano, the BPF will take the constituency \u201cby hook or by crook\u201d and has written to the UDC to demand it.<\/p>\n<p>High expectations<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a secret that the BPF wanted this constituency under the UDC ticket,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cWe want this constituency because we are the only visible UDC partner in Tonota.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have made progress and built all the necessary party structures, hence we had high expectations that we would be allocated the constituency. We need this constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thabano disclosed that the BPF has written to the UDC to express its displeasure and stake its claim to the constituency, failing which the BPF is likely to decide to go solo there in the 2024 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Positive answer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hoping for a positive answer, given the reasons we outlined,\u201d he said before stating that former football coach and technical director of Botswana Football Association, Losika Six Keatlholetswe, has been identified as the candidate for the BPF.<\/p>\n<p>Pono Moatlhodi of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is the incumbent MP for Tonota who won the constituency after he quit the UDC, where he was a member through the Botswana National Front, and retraced his steps to the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>UDC spokesperson Moeti Mohwasa declined to comment save to say he knew nothing about the matter.<\/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 Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) has threatened to run as a solo entity in Tonota in the 2024 general elections should the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) refuse to reverse allocation of the constituency to the Botswana National Front (BNF) in its favour. 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