BCP faces leadership contest questions

As the party prepares for its upcoming elective conference in July, attention has once again turned to its long-serving leader, Dumelang Saleshando. He has led the BCP since 2010, and is now seeking to extend his tenure to 20 years, with ambitions of steering the party into the 2029 general elections. However, despite the constitutional openness for contestation, no challenger has emerged, raising questions about whether the party’s internal democratic processes are being fully exercised.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament…