National Independent Party

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The National Independent Party (NIP; German for example: "National Independent Party") is a party in Lesotho . It became the second largest party in the 2007 general election .

history

The NIP was founded in 1985 (1975 according to other information) as a split from the sole ruling Basotho National Party (BNP) by the teacher Anthony Clovis Manyeli (1913-2010) in Roma . Manyeli had previously been dismissed as Minister of Education. The party saw itself as a conservative alternative to the BNP and sought contact with the apartheid government in South Africa . Since there were no elections during the period of the military dictatorship and political activity was forbidden for a long time, the NIP did not appear from 1986 until the return to democracy in the early 1990s.

In the parliamentary elections in 1993 and 1998 she won only a few votes and no seats. After the 1998 riots, the NIP received two seats on the Interim Political Authority. A modified proportional representation was subsequently introduced, so that the NIP received five of the 120 seats in the 2002 elections for the first time, thanks to around 30,000 votes, which corresponded to 5.5 percent of all votes. The then 89-year-old party chairman Manyeli attributed the surprisingly good result to the fact that the NIP party symbol, a dove, had been confused by many voters with the eagle symbol of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party. For the 2007 elections , the NIP allied itself with the LCD under its deputy chairman Dominic Motikoe. Manyeli opposed this alliance, but was defeated in court, so that his name was removed from the list of candidates. The NIP received more than 50 percent of the second votes , including many second votes from supporters of the LCD, who earned them 21 of the 40 seats to be awarded under proportional representation. The LCD, which won 62 of the 80 constituencies , was able to continue to govern alone.

In the 2012 elections , when voters only had one vote, the NIP only won two seats on proportional representation. It received around 6,880 votes, a little over one percent. The NIP supported the coalition government in office from 2012, which was led by the All Basotho Convention . The chairman is Kimetso Mathaba (as of 2013). In the 2015 elections , the NIP lost one of its two mandates. From then on she belonged to a coalition led by the Democratic Congress . She was able to hold her seat in the 2017 elections , but left the government.

Structure and politics

The NIP is run by a chairman and a National Executive Committee chosen by the chairman. Annual meetings or party conferences do not take place. The number of members is several thousand. The party's emblem is a dove. The membership fee is one lot per year.

Since its inception, the NIP has primarily represented the concerns of farmers and has a Republican mindset. The NIP has no relationships with foreign foundations or parties.

literature

  • Khabele Matlosa, Caleb Sello: Political Parties and Democratisation in Lesotho. EISA Research Report No. 23, EISA, Johannesburg 2005 online (English; PDF file, 997 kB)
  • 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. 217-218.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Khabele Matlosa, Caleb Sello: Political Parties and Democratisation in Lesotho. EISA Research Report No. 23, EISA, Johannesburg 2005 online ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file, English; 997 kB), accessed on September 28, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eisa.org.za
  2. ^ 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 , p. 217.
  3. ↑ a b Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weis fields Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 218.
  4. ↑ Unexpected Election Outcome as Doves Mistaken for Eagles Website of the Transformation Center ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on September 28, 2013
  5. ^ A b "Manyeli died a bitter man" Sunday Express on February 20, 2010 (English), accessed on September 27, 2013
  6. ↑ 2007 election results , accessed on October 10, 2013
  7. ↑ Results at iec.org.ls ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iec.org.ls
  8. ↑ Zuma basks in successful mission. ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. lestimes.com of March 19, 2015 (English), accessed March 19, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lestimes.com
  9. ^ Final elections tally announced. ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lesotho Times, June 6, 2017, accessed June 7, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lestimes.com