UDC betrayed voters – BCP

Addressing a political rally in Selebi-Phikwe East on Saturday, BCP vice president Taolo Lucas said it was time for citizens to acknowledge that voting for the UDC had been a mistake. He argued that the coalition had failed to meet expectations and was increasingly struggling to govern effectively. Lucas maintained that the BCP’s decision to part ways with the UDC had been vindicated by developments since the coalition assumed power.

It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better.

We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD…