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Botswana is a parliamentary republic governed by the Constitution of Botswana. [23] The constitution has been in effect since Botswana became independent from the United Kingdom on 30 September 1966. [24] This makes it the longest uninterrupted democracy in Africa. [25] Botswana operates under a blend of Roman-Dutch law, customary law, and ...
Botswana was a dominant-party state with the Botswana Democratic Party in power for most of its history. [1] Opposition parties were widely considered to have little chance of gaining a parliamentary majority until the 2024 Botswana general election which saw the Umbrella for Democratic Change win a parliamentary majority.
Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Parliament of Botswana. In part because the party system has been dominated by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which never lost power since the country gained independence, until 2024, [8] the Economist Intelligence Unit has rated Botswana as a "flawed democracy." [9]
Elections in Botswana take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a parliamentary system. The National Assembly is mostly directly elected, and in turn elects the President and some of its own members. The Ntlo ya Dikgosi is a mixture of appointed, hereditary and indirectly elected members. [1]
The Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) is a political party in Botswana, founded in 2010 by MPs and other politicians who parted ways with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) due to differences with Ian Khama, the leader of the BDP and the President of Botswana at the time.
Botswana is a parliamentary republic governed by the Constitution of Botswana. [78] It is the longest uninterrupted democracy in Africa. [79] Its seat of government is in Gaborone. [80] Botswana's governing institutions were established after it became an independent nation in 1966.
The UDC was founded in November 2012 by members from various opposition parties, including the BPP and BMD.They rallied together in the run-up to the 2014 elections by the Botswana National Front (BNF), the Botswana Movement for Democracy and the Botswana People's Party with the aim of uniting the opposition in the 2014 elections.
The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP, colloquially known as Domkrag) is a centre-right political party in Botswana. From the country's inaugural election in 1965 until the 2024 general election the party governed the country without interruption for 58 years.