Lesotho People's Congress

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The Lesotho People's Congress (LPC; German roughly: "People's Congress of Lesotho") is a party in Lesotho . It was founded in 2001 and is represented by one member in the National Assembly.

history

In the 1998 elections , the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) won 79 of the 80 seats in the National Assembly. In October 2001 the Deputy Prime Minister Kelebone Maope , the majority of the Executive Committee (German: "Board") of the LCD and other LCD parliamentarians of the Lesiba wing (German: "Feder") split off and founded the Lesotho People's Congress. 27 MPs belonged to the new group. As a party symbol, the LPC chose a portrait of the late former Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle , who founded the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP), from which both LCD and LPC descended. The LCD wanted to ban the use of the symbol, but failed before the Supreme Court.

In the parliamentary elections on May 25, 2002 , the LPC won five of the now 120 seats with 5.8% of the vote. Maope was the only opposition politician to win a direct mandate , while four other LPC candidates received seats through proportional representation . Shakhane Mokhehle, brother of Ntsu Mokhehle, had expected a direct mandate and was not covered by the list, but failed by nine votes. The LPC remained in opposition.

In the 2007 parliamentary elections , the LPC merged with the BCP and the Basutoland African Congress to form the Alliance of Congress Parties (ACP). Before the election, the three parties together had eleven seats, of which they were only able to hold three seats, including Maope as the winner of a direct seat, again in his constituency of Seqonoka in Berea District.

In 2010, six members of the LPC's Executive Committee , including General Secretary Pashu Mochesane, returned to the LCD.

In the 2012 elections , the LPC ran its own list and numerous constituency candidates, but received only one list mandate with around 0.9% of the votes. In the 2015 elections , the LPC narrowly defended its mandate. From then until 2017 he was a member of a coalition led by the Democratic Congress . From 2015 to 2017, two wings fought for power until chairman Molahleli Letlotlo was replaced by Mabusetsa Makharilele by court order.

structure

The party is led by the chairman and an executive committee (for example: "Board of Directors").

literature

  • Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , pp. 180-181.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , pp. 180-181.
  2. ^ History of Lesotho until 2003 at issafrica.org ( Memento from April 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  3. ^ Former LPC members rejoin LCD. lestimes.com of March 31, 2010 (English), accessed December 28, 2014
  4. ↑ Report of the EISA choice (English, PDF)
  5. ↑ Results at iec.org.ls ( Memento from March 4, 2015 on WebCite ) (English, PDF)
  6. ↑ Zuma basks in successful mission. ( Memento from March 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) lestimes.com from March 19, 2015 (English)
  7. ^ Judgment reserved in LPC case. lestimes.com, September 9, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016