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Lesotho elections "a throw of the dice"─── SABRINA DEAN 11:29 Sat, 18 Oct 2014
Maseru - Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has equated the early elections for his country to a throw of the dice, saying there is no guarantee of being re-elected into the position being given up.
He was answering questions from media during a briefing at Lesotho Sun in the company of SADC facilitator Cyril Rhamaposa following yesterday’s reopening of Parliament.
Thabane says all involved were expecting to be in their positions for a full five year term.
Thabane, leader of the All Basotho Convention (ABC), formed a coalition with two other parties, Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and the Basotho National Party (BNP), to gain a majority after the 2012 elections. He was appointed as Prime Minister, LCD leader Mothetjoa Metsing as Deputy Prime Minister and BNP leader Thesele Maseribane as a senior minister.
The coalition has since crumbled, resulting in an alleged coup, political instability, SADC intervention and finally a decision to bring forward the 2017 elections to February 2015.
Sabrina Dean/OFM News
Thabane says all involved were expecting to be in their positions for a full five year term.
Thabane, leader of the All Basotho Convention (ABC), formed a coalition with two other parties, Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and the Basotho National Party (BNP), to gain a majority after the 2012 elections. He was appointed as Prime Minister, LCD leader Mothetjoa Metsing as Deputy Prime Minister and BNP leader Thesele Maseribane as a senior minister.
The coalition has since crumbled, resulting in an alleged coup, political instability, SADC intervention and finally a decision to bring forward the 2017 elections to February 2015.
Sabrina Dean/OFM News
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane :
