Marematlou Freedom Party

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The Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) is a party in Lesotho . A forerunner was formed in 1956 as the country's second party. The party remained in opposition for a few weeks in 1994 .

history

1956 founded morena Seepheephe Samuel Matete with other members of the Bafokeng clan the monarchist party Marema Tlou , German literally "those who beat elephants with an ax". In 1960 the party succeeded in having the traditional morena and later King Constantine Bereng Seeiso recognized as morena e moholo , i.e. traditional head. In the 1960 elections she won five of the 40 seats. In 1962, Marema Tlou joined forces with the conservative Basutoland Freedom Party founded in 1961 . Their leader was Bennett Makalo Khaketla .

In the 1965 election , the MFP, led by Seth Makotoko, won four of the 60 seats in the National Assembly, making it the third largest party. The MFP was rated more strongly, but after violence by a morena in Rothe close to the MFP, part of the party executive was arrested. In 1970, in the first election after independence, the party was apparently given a seat. The count was canceled by the then government of Leabua Jonathan of the Basotho National Party because he was threatened with being voted out of office.

After the military coup of January 20, 1986, the activities of all parties were banned. However, Khaketla received a ministerial office from the Military Council. In the 1993 elections , 1.4% of MFP voters cast their vote; but because of the majority vote , she was not given a seat . and parts of the army and for a few weeks installed a government to which several MFP ministers belonged. In the free parliamentary elections in 2002 , 2007 and 2012 , the MFP received one of the 120 seats via proportional representation . In 2012 their share of the vote was 0.6%. The MFP henceforth supported the coalition government led by the All Basotho Convention . In the 2015 elections , the MFP retained its mandate. From then on she belonged to a coalition led by the Democratic Congress . In the 2017 elections , she barely managed to keep her seat, but left the government.

Program and structure

The MFP's motto is Khotso ke nala, “Peace is Prosperity”.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A. Mabille, H. Dieterlen: Sesuto-English Dictionary. Morija Sesuto Book Depot, Morija 1985, p. 382: ho rema - "to cut with an ax", p. 469: tlou - "elephant"
  2. ^ Gwyneth Williams, Brian Hackland: The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Southern Africa. Routledge, London 1988 , accessed June 28, 2012
  3. ^ SAIRR : A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1966 . Johannesburg 1967, p. 118
  4. ↑ Article of the Lesotho Times: Six parties say will back coalition ( Memento from January 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)
  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. ^ Final elections tally announced. ( Memento of June 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Lesotho Times of June 6, 2017 (English)
  8. ↑ lesotholii.org ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English)