Alliance For Progressives (AP)

In July 2017, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) President Ndaba Gaolathe and five other members of the party’s executive were expelled from the party. As a result, Gaolathe set up a new leadership committee, which was later transformed into a breakaway party; the Alliance for Progressives (AP). The new party was formally established on 28 October 2017 with Gaolathe as leader and Wynter Mmolotsi as deputy president. Six sitting MPs joined the party, although Haskins Nkaigwa later returned to the UDC, leaving it with five seats going into the 2019 general elections.