Behind the curtain, BDP’s old guard closes ranks around Balopi

They move quietly, these grey-haired custodians of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), working the phones and the private rooms rather than the podiums. A cadre of veteran B.D.P. elders has launched a discreet, behind-the-scenes campaign to keep a simmering leadership crisis from tearing the party apart – and, at the heart of their effort, to keep one embattled man in his chair. The elders have thrown their weight behind the party president, Mpho Balopi, urging... The post Behind the curtain, BDP’s old guard closes ranks around Balopi appeared first on Weekend Post .
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