IEC bars DC from 19 constituencies
MASERU — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) tribunal on Tuesday barred the ruling Democratic Congress (DC) party from campaigning in 19 constituencies over the next seven days. In a default judgment delivered by the tribunal chairman, Sakoane Sakoane, the IEC said the “DC has in effect hampered the rights and freedoms of LCD enshrined in Schedule 2 paragraph 4 (f) of the Electoral Code of Conduct”. Under the terms of the judgment, the DC has been barred from campaigning in 19 constituencies that had been accused of taking away LCD property.
The LCD took the DC to the tribunal on April 16 accusing it of seizing some of its property when they broke away in February. The property included stamps, membership registers, membership forms and cards, flags, money, receipt books, bank books, stationery and a stone cutting machine. “Noting that the DC has not taken the opportunity afforded to it by the tribunal to either refute this evidence or facilitate transfer of the LCD property held by some members and office bearers of the DC, the tribunal concludes DC has in effect hampered the rights and freedoms of LCD,” the tribunal ruled. “In terms of the electoral code all parties had undertaken to do nothing to impede the democratic right of any political party through its candidates, canvassers and representatives to have reasonable access to electors for the purpose of conducting elector education, fund-raising, canvassing membership and soliciting support.” The tribunal also noted that despite repeated requests and exchange of correspondence between the LCD and DC, the latter had refused to hand over the property to the LCD. The LCD presented oral and written evidence. Nine witnesses for the party corroborated the evidence given by LCD treasurer Lebohang Nts’inyi.
The DC, which was the defendant, cross-examined Nts’inyi only. The tribunal noted that the cross-examination of this witness did not refute the evidence she gave. “The DC did not cross-examine the rest of the complainants’ witnesses because they willingly chose to boycott attendance of the tribunal hearing of 11th May, 2012, when the nine witnesses from constituencies gave their evidence,” the tribunal said. The DC last week vowed not to attend the IEC tribunal as long as it was chaired by Sakoane. The DC secretary general, Ralechate ’Mokose, said the party would not attend any hearing presided by Sakoane even if it means losing the case. ’Mokose said he would not be bothered if Sakoane ruled in favour of the DC’s opponents because “attending hearings under his chairmanship is as good as not attending at all”.
The hearing then proceeded in the DC’s absence. The LCD claimed the seizing of its property by the DC had seriously affected its election campaign programme. The LCD said it had not been able to train its party agents. The party also claimed that the absence of party flags for constituency and branch structures had negatively impacted on rally attendances because a flag is the signal that
sends accurate message to supporters about where the party was holding its meetings. The LCD said the holding of cash and bank books meant that the party was unable to send its officials on
campaigning missions. “It also means that the offices are unable to buy essentials such as batteries for loud hailers and other equipment,” the LCD said.
Comment by Disemelo on 17 May 2012:
Satane ka sebopeho sa motho. Ba keke ba o besa oa tuka, khetlong lena kea hana. Khoho e kampa ea matha ka lerapo thabeng. Maoba hase kajeno.
Comment by Hae? on 17 May 2012:
Politics ,win or loose
Comment by Nnete-ea-'makoma on 17 May 2012:
Granted DC may be wrong for refusing to hand over the property of LCD if that it is true. But I feel that the IEC tribunal overstepped the mark here. This is a serious decision beyond its power that could be made by the IEC Commissioner after studying the report/recommendations and consultation with other stakeholders. It’s unconstitutional to prevent anybody including a political party from campaigning during the election time. Sections 7 (Freedom of movement), 14 (Freedom of expression) and 15 (Freedom of peaceful assembly) of the Constitution of Lesotho are very clear about this. The tribunal/Adv Sakoane ought to have separated issues here. While seeking to protect the rights of LCD to its property, he ought not to have infringed on the rights of DC to the enjoyment or entitlement of the rights mentioned above. This is a controversial decision that even my old grandmother with only Standard 3 in my rural village could not come to. I feel that there was no balancing of the rights of the accused with the rights of the complainant. I’m not a lawyer but my own analysis tells me that there was no natural justice or procedural fairness here, hence the lack of confidence in the tribunal by the accused. Molimo a boloke Lesotho
Comment by Johannes on 17 May 2012:
Yes IEC.
Why not 19 consituencies plus, DC e tla qala ho bona hore hase
eona Lesotho empa ele mokhanyana feela oa boqhekanyetsi
oa lipolotiki, ke a rapela Party eena (DC kapa MDC) ese hape
likhetho bekeng e tlang.
Ke leboha ha IEC hona le nako e bonang bokoeta ba DC, ‘na ke
ne se ke nahana hore DC e tla lula e ts’ehetsoa joalo ka ha e
ts’ehelitsoe ka li 28/02/2012 ha ene e thehoa hore e buse
Lesotho e sa khethoa ke sechaba.
KELETSO EAKA HO BASOTHO.
Lona ba hulang ka thata, khethatang mmuso o tla le bebofaletsa
mathata a lona, le mamele hantle le shebe moruo oa Lesotho,
le bale lilemo tse fetileng ‘me le shebe hore na Basotho hore ba
sebetse hore na ba ne thola mosebetsi joang.
DC leader (size 2) for the passed 15 years in power, o bolaisitse
Basotho tlala, aba hloleha ho ba buella ha South Africa e
thatafatsa movement li-bordergating.
Ha a phomole Basotho ba utloile.
Comment by lindy on 17 May 2012:
with or without its properties LCD s goin 2 beat DC IN THE UPCOMING elections…come may 26.monongoaha hase ngoahala
Comment by 3rd Eye on 17 May 2012:
Either objective or subjective; NICE ONE IEC. Mccd is going down.
Comment by Molapo on 17 May 2012:
hahahahahahahahahha. Ruri litaba li monate haholo ha li buoa ke batho ba tsebang ho hlalohanya ‘nete ho leshano. Ha ke bone eka Sakoane ke motho ea nepahetseng ho ka sebetsa taba tsa DC le LCD kaha ke metsi ‘me le tseba bothata ba metsi hore a khelosoa ha bobebe joang. Empa le ha hole joalo DC e tlo i tsamaela bolacha feela kaha rure rere mosebetsi eona khale re ile ra o etsa.. ‘nete ke thebe. ‘me bohle ba tla kholoa matsatsing a ‘maloa a tlang. Molimo o boloke Lesotho le basotho. Etsoe hoa nepahala hore re se shebele litaba ‘moho kaha re hlile re fapane… Empa ena eona le tlameha ho etseba DC e ea likhethong e le ‘muso ‘me e tlo khutla e ntse ele ‘muso.
Comment by Tsolo Seutloali on 17 May 2012:
Ya khaola ya ya……!Well against all odds God still has the upper hand!
Comment by Kokota on 17 May 2012:
@Nat and Caswell,
Why don’t you include in the reporting the constituencies that DC has been barred from so we know and immediately report to IEC or the police once the campaign there? Otherwise DC’s arrogance did not payoff and it serves them right.
Comment by Jomaleta on 17 May 2012:
I dont see peace from now ,Sakoane is biased and this is going to bring instability .The banning of DC is totally unfair and I think their democratic rights are jeapadised.
I forsee the war and instability in the land ,And I withdraw from politics of this land .
Comment by pit on 17 May 2012:
@ Jomaleta the DC long declared war on the nation when they denied us to choose freely who we want to support,when they withheld public property ,when they refused to let opposition parties find alternative transportation,when they withheld LCD property in some constituencies,when they refused to air equally content of the opposition parties on at the national broadcaster, when they mobilised the army to abuse and maim anyone who seem to support the opposition,when they refused to adopt all rules and regulation set up by the Independent Electoral Commission,when the Prime Minister was put into power by a speaker of parliament coup ,when people were transferred and deleted from the voters roll without their consent,when they failed to heed advise to postpone a gathering by a few minutes in order to let authorities contain a hostile environment,when they continually curse,intimidate and put down anyone seen to be not wanting to agree to whatever principles DC claims to hold.
Re khathetse ke khatello ena,if Ntate/’Me Jomalete your saying your withdrawing from politics of this Land you are accepting defeat and allowing all these things to continue into eternity.Its time we all stand up to be counted lets make our country survive ka NNETE,TOKA le KHOTSO
Comment by Khatibe on 17 May 2012:
Banna! Pit monna oa heso ke o hlomphile. Le ha o ka khutsa.
Ea fofa nonyana.
Comment by Mokoena on 17 May 2012:
hahahahahahaha….!Chehe Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili..u winnin or loosing my leader teng o ba mathisitse mpetleke bashanyana..ke hore ha ba utloa ka uena hore ba ipolaee…ke tla oela moo o tlang ho sekama Mofokeng…Ntate Moks ke kopa re ananeleng kahlolo eo ea ntate Sakoane, Sechaba ke sona moahloli polotiking feela kaha Mofokeng o lumisa seeta joale ba mathela makhotleng, re ba siile le tsona khang tsena, ba ntse ba re setse morao ka ona..Paks oa tseba hee ea emeng nneteng o eme le MOLIMO..GOD bless Basotho and Lesotho..!
Comment by peipi on 17 May 2012:
Molimo o sa utloile lillo tsa ba hlophehileng I knew hore letsatsi le teng la kahlolo le bohale ba Molimo. Mosisili is going down like it or not with our prayers.
Comment by Lethula on 17 May 2012:
Zakwane is lost if he thinks that by illegally and unproceduraly barring DC his uncles’ parties will win elections. Factually,DC has long completed its campaigns. As of now it is doing finishing touches.
Comment by LEKHOARA on 17 May 2012:
Banna le basali ba heso, ntjoetseng hore na legal advisor ea DC ke mang? hobane joale ke utloa ‘Mokose le Sekatle ba interpreta molao after outcome/judgment ea tribunal.
Hape joale ke bala ha mapotoana a mang mona a re Sakoane interferred with the constitutional rights tsa DC. Rights are not absolute, they can be restricted under certain circumstances haholo ha motho a kena kenane le tsa batho ba bang.
Ho lona legal advisors tsa DC ['Mokose le Sekatle], you should know that if you feel on reasonable grounds that the adjudicator will not be partial on your case, you are entitled to apply for recusal of such adjudicator, e seng le ngale joalo ka bana kapa basali.
Comment by Apole on 17 May 2012:
Che hoiketla bao habo bona hotlo ba le Matona, Ps, high commissioners, maparamente come after 26 May.
Comment by Jomaleta on 17 May 2012:
Sakoane is unfair banna ba heso ke bona a le toronkong after 26 may ,sechaba se tla bua
Comment by Khoto Nkhorohele on 18 May 2012:
This is the wrk of IEC, gut wrk u tribunal, may be u can bar them on all constiuencies
Comment by mokolobetsi on 18 May 2012:
re qetile rona, Tribunal e itshenytsa nako fela if e batla ho re senyetsa, it has a long way to go
Comment by NKHONO NYEHLE on 18 May 2012:
Sakoane are lipolotiking hase kerekeng, so by doing this he shows hore lipolotiking ke battle ground. i will blame him for anything that will happen. i sense danger brewing.
Comment by Thato on 18 May 2012:
@Jomalet, if you corrupt mogul don’t win election on 26 may, will declare wr in Lesotho? I think you don’t deserve to live in this country, You better part ways. We need to see a completely different political party wins these elections next week, a party that has never been in power since 1966 independence. We are tired of all these liars who had governed Lesotho since independence up to now. They are greedy, arrogant and corrupt.
We want a change in these elections, we want kindhearted people who will better the lives of poor basotho. We don’t want people who will just focus on their selfish interest. We don’t want leaders who just want to enrich themselves and their families whilst the entire nation of Lesotho live in abject poverty as it happens now.
Comment by Student on 18 May 2012:
Bana beso bohle ba setseng mosisili morao, e be le tla lemoha neng hore motho eo o ilo wela lets’eng la mollo? le tla kholoa ha ho etsahala joang hore motho eo ke le satanist? Ha ke lehlakoreng lefe kapa lefe la lipolotiki feela I am warning all of you is not far from now bohle ba mathang ka morahae ba tla be ba tletse ka masoabi e le hobane ba hlokomela ho se ho se thuso hore ba phahamisitse satane nako e telele. ebe ka chebo ea lona mosisili o le utloela bohloko? mahlomola a teng ka hara naha ee nakong ee ea e lutseng ha a le ruti letho? lehloloa le ha bo mmate ea hae bao ba neng ba kena satanism le ena ba le hlokomelisa?? le tla llela metsotso. Ha ke commente mang kapa mang hobane ke bona boholo ba batho ba li polotike ba sebeletsa satane. A Ko khumamang basotho le kope molimo a le fe moetapele ea nepahetseng hobane ho bonahala hore lona le mahloa a lephekha a sitoang ho bona nnete.
Comment by Thato on 18 May 2012:
@Jomalet
botona bona ba hau bo u mathetse hloohong ho iponang eka u molingoana oa Lesotho mona. Aku ise uena pele teronkong ka corruption ena ea lona eo le e etsang fela ka tello ho sechaba sa Lesotho. Haeba ke uena letona le ntseng le etsa human trafficking ea machaena le mapakistan le ma-Africa, aku ikise teronkong pele ka litlolo tse mpehali hakalo tsa molao le bosatane boo u ntseng u bo etsa. Ntho’eno ea lona e keke ea busa ka ho sa feleng Lesotho, hase molingoana oa Lesotho mona hohang. Ke ka hona le ts’ohileng hakana khetlong leno, le tsamaea le ithorisetsa ho tla pheha le ho sotla sechaba sa basotho ka ‘malikotoaneng eno ea lona. Phooooaaaaa!!!
Comment by Thato on 18 May 2012:
@Nkhono nyehle
Nyahla, ebe u lakatsa mali a batho na monna, satanism e re khetlong lee u noe mali a ngoana mang? Rea bona hore lipolotiki tse fats’e tsena tsa lona li laoloa haholo ke satane, ‘me ha le se ntse le soka tjena, le habile ho tla noa mali a bana ba batho. Ebe le nahana hore lona le keke la shoa? Kapa le nahana hore MORENA MOLIMO ha a na matla, matla kea ntata lona satane feela? Hee, re khathetse ke lisatanist tsena tsa lipolotiki Lesotho mona! Phooooo!!!
Comment by Thato on 18 May 2012:
@Mokolobetsi
Le qetile ka bobolu ba lona ba ho chita likhetho? Le qetile ka bobolu ba ho kenya liballot ka mabokoseng pele ho khethoa? Banna ba incompetent joaloka uena ba tla nne ba ithorise hore bona ba qetile, hobane ba habile hore ba hlole likhetho ba tsebe ho tla etsa bobolu ba bona ba ho ithuisa ha basotho ba bangata ba futsanehile.
Comment by Thato on 18 May 2012:
@Lekhoara
Lesotho mona banna ke bona ba ngalang joaloka bana hona hoo haesale. Motho u bona ka bona banna bana ba lipolotiki tse cheap ba lulang ba ngalaka ka paramenteng hoo ho beng ho qetelloe ho bitsitsoe mapolesa hore a tlo ba hulanya a ba kakase joaloka bana a ba nts’e ka paramenteng. Banna ba hona joale ba liketso tse kang ka bana fela tjena!!!
Comment by Thato on 18 May 2012:
@Lethula
PSs are eager to win elections so that they will become ministers, where they will be able to continue their corrupt activities of human trafficking and issuing of fake Lesotho passports to illegal criminal foreigners. Thats why they are so arrogant in their comments.
Comment by Lelimo on 18 May 2012:
I would have enjoyed DC loosing without even being banned. But gud wrk IEC.
Comment by Thato on 18 May 2012:
@Molapo
E, mosebetsi le se le u entse lona bo ‘malikotoana joalokaha u cho, akere? Le se le khethile le lietse ka mabokoseng akere? Ba eang likhethong ba senya nako akere? Ke mokhoa lona basotho ba baikhabi ba bolileng! Ka tsatsi le leng le tla li arabela kea le joetsa!!!
Comment by Mokoti on 18 May 2012:
HAE FOFE,NONYANA!!!!!!!
KE KOPA LE KHETHE LCD LE TLE LE TLOHELE HO LLA TJENA
Comment by Lerato on 18 May 2012:
The moment of truth is near,cm 26 LCD will be our new government.Lona ma DC a bolileng letlo li jela lintho tsohle tseo le lientseng;Molimo hase moshanyana judgement will come to you.was not an :CD supporter bt come may 26 m going to vote for LCD.ya faofa-toala
Comment by Lerato on 18 May 2012:
ke se itse e photholehe DC;helele lune!!!!! Ha e shoa ea raya!!!!
Comment by portia on 18 May 2012:
DC hae hloloe,tona kholo le bohle ba mopotileng ba ee chankaneng.che puso ea hau rea e leboha ntate,u re busitse ka likhoka.ekaba mohlong a Jehova Molimo u tla ikarabella ka horeng ntate?
Comment by Dee on 18 May 2012:
Re kopa o pake thoto o ee haeno monna MCCD o sebelitse holekane le litloholo li o hlolohetsoe Tsoelike koana, rea leboha moshana re le basotho ba t’soenehileng ka t’sebetso ea hao, tsela t’soeu monna moholo rona re sa tsoa ka khalo le na le eang pholohong le ntatae Metsing…LCD cum may 26
Comment by Jomaleta on 18 May 2012:
@thato ,u are getting out of order my man, i actually know who u are,however i ask the lord to forgive u ,even if mccd and the company have mistakes u dont have the right to insult them,pls never misrepresent your parents,and stop attacking me personally before u regret all what u have said,this is the forum of peace and tranquility,lestimes does not tolerate insults,pls grow spiritually and morally,i repeat agäin the judgement passd by sakoane is demonically satanícally unfair, the issue of lcd and dc property must be debated at the court of law ,hear me well iam not saying dc is write sir,if dc is guilty the court of justice must rule against it fairly and they must be given time to appeal,but ntate sakoane is using his position to punish those he hates,Thato u hate mccd but does it mean that he must be treated unjust,pls stop to stand in your parties grounds,stand 4 truth and justice,if tomoro lcd is not treated fairly i cant close my eyes and say is fair,lèsotho wont reach the highest degree of liberty as long as we dont stand on and for the truth, khatibe pit and others let us love truth more than our favourite parties then we wll taste freedom,litlapa le ho tèlla batho ba baholo wönt help us,on the 26 may go and vote the pärty of your choice,stnp beating members of dc and bnp they have a right to wear those t shirts,u shall know the truth and ht shall set u free
Comment by Jomaleta on 18 May 2012:
Muso o tlang e ntse e tloba oa macongress marena aka,if dc wins after few mönths we will be together with lcd,if lcd wins we wl support metsing and make him a success,macongress letseba hantle hore re tsoa kae ,khale hoba le marabele le koana exile empa in 1993 we got together,in 1997 satan brght the evil spirit among us again but after that we supportd mccd,we maybe bcp lcp lcd dc bac u know all of us where meet
Comment by Jomaleta on 19 May 2012:
Oena thato thru tech we have successfully managed to spot u, there wont be war my brother!holligans who think of chasing other out of mt kingdom wll go straight to jail,i jomalet wl make sure sakoane goes to jail by the 9th of july 2012
Comment by Jomaleta on 19 May 2012:
Thato tom thabane ,maseribane,lerotholi,phoofolo etc are stinking rich,even lebua and sekhonyana were multi billionnaires,and sotho were stll poor,now bc metsing and mccd are congress is a sin to be rich,u hv not seen anything after 26 may whether is dc or lcd o tla bona oena
Comment by Ntate Thamae mokameli oa scot hospital on 19 May 2012:
Hare khetheng Ntate Musisili Mugabe
Comment by Rasta Che Khulumo on 19 May 2012:
LCD and DC are fighting over the other stolen national properties, each one claiming their “rights to such properties”. Wrong LCD and Out DC…. Likhetho-pheto tsa 1970, ke tseo…
Comment by Moratuoa on 19 May 2012:
It would be interesting to see whether or not the police and the army will intervene to stop DC from campaigning in the barred constituencies when DC defies judgement ea Tribunal. If they don’t then it will be clear that they are outrightly biased. Infact the consituencies should be named so that people are aware and can report to the police and the ARMY e ileng ea itlama hore e tla rapitla ba tsoang molao tlase ba etsa meferefere. HA RE BA BONE HEE.
Comment by setsokotsane on 20 May 2012:
Basotho baheso, ha ‘ne le ka mamela ntate metsing a le NUL, ne le tla ikutloela hore LCD e tlo ba ‘muso. ‘Na ke ne ke ts’etse empa che ha ke so be late. Le hlokomele hore balateli ba DC ke batho ba batlang menyetla ea boqhekanyetsi ka mosebetsi kapa litender. They don’t express their views for the country as a whole. Ntate Metsing o re ho ke ho fotoloe mokhoa oo ho neng ho sebetsoa litaba ka teng
Comment by Jacob Zoomer on 20 May 2012:
Ntate Sakoane fana ka mabitso a di constituencies of which DC has been barred 4rm so dat we can monitor wheda DC is above the LAW..re bone hee hore na mapolesa kapa oona masole atla ilo phetha mosebetsi wa ba robang molao..
Comment by Johannes on 21 May 2012:
BASOTHO HARE IKUTLOELENG BOHLOKO.
U se khethe DC hle, joang kapa joang, ba ka bua ba reng
batho, DC ha ea loka.
Ke ‘nete re ntse re ituba likelello feela, hase hore DC e tlo
hapa likhetho hobane e khethuoe, empa ka boqhekanyetsi
e tlo hapa likhetho ka Moqebelo.
Why is this prime mimister wasting his time on campaigning for
elections? He knows exectly that he is fraudulently winning
elections, next week he will be declared tona-kholo ea
Lesotho.
Ea hanang ha a ntjoetse hore na DC is ruling political party
joang, how? Is there any Mosotho who elected it into
power ? No, khethang party tse ling le tlohelle likoeta, DC.
Comment by Maru-mats'o on 21 May 2012:
@ Johannes
Voting for somebody or party is about trust, not considerations like youth, celebrity status or charming looks. You look at the person who leads the party and those around him/her, and decide whether you can entrust them to the running of the country. Part of the reason why I’ll vote for DC is because I’m looking beyond the current PM, into the future. I personally believe Moleleki can make a better PM than Metsing on many fronts. He can possibly even outdo Mosisili. Yes, he has mistakes, but he connects spontaneously and profoundly with the people. He has the interests of the people at heart. He is friendly by nature. Lastly, I think he can rebrand the country and reshape the Lesotho political landscape. Put him on any forum, anytime, be it local or international, he simply leads the pack. Sorry about my counter-opinion Bru, no hard feelings.
Comment by livoski on 21 May 2012:
Ba itse ba’a ‘ts’ela’, empa noka eena e LCD is too deep and too wide. Nobody can cross it! Drown them!
Comment by OA BEREA on 21 May 2012:
@Johannes
Joale uena ke utloa u le morao haholo. Ke hona u ntseng u botsa hore na DC ke a ruling party joang? uena oa nyahamisa kannete.Mamela seo Maru-mats’o a u fang sona. Hona ke thuto ea mahala.
Comment by Johannes on 21 May 2012:
@ Maru Mats’o le Oa Berea.
Ke a utloa le a bua, you are talking, julle praat!
Ke bona le le molato ka ho bonts’a ho ts’ehetsa lekhotla la
bolotsana (DC) morena o tla le bona.
Che, mohlomong le mesebetsing e phahameng e nang le chelete
Lesotho mona. Ke rata ho le bolella hore Mazimbabwe a hlola a
re Robert Mugabe o khopo empa bokhopo ba hae ke 50% ha ba
Pakalitha Mosisili e le 100%
OA BEREA Basotho ha ba etsebe DC, Mazimbabwe a e tseba ZANU PF.
Ke ka hona ke reng basotho sebapaleng ka mollo la khetha DC le uena
ke a u joetsa u khethe party e ngoe.
Hoja le emela BNP nkabe ke itholela hobane Lesotho nka le joetsa
hore na BNP e entseng mehleng ea eona, ka Mccd ke mahlabisa
lihlong.
ABC, BNP, LCD, AND LWP ke lumela hore Basotho ba ka khetha engoe
ea tsona. Ha ke bue hobane ke le Moroma BNP e hlomphuoa ke ANC
Bohle re a tseba hore DC ka bobolu e hapile likhetho tsena,
.
Comment by Molapo on 21 May 2012:
Che! Kante le tje? Ke kae moo NUL e kileng ea eba ‘muso? Ke bua tje ke ipapisitse le ka moo ke boneng ma LCD a sa rutehang a thabile ka teng ha hothoe baithuti ba NUL ba teng sebokeng maobane. Ke isa potso ho lona bohle. Le ntse le hana hore DC ke puso after elections?
Ke nka lerumo ke ngolosa khohlo kea lipoling. Re tla kopana bekeng e tlang ka lona letsatsi lena.
P.S @Thato nwa mothoba pelo, re sa u hloka hle. Kea tshwenyaha hoba ruri ‘Muso ke wa Jerusalema ea Basotho DC…
Comment by OA BEREA on 21 May 2012:
@Johannes
Kea kholoa joale u tla nkutloa ha ke re uena u morao haholo.U tsamaea u kopanya lintho tse sa kopaneng. Boroma ba hao le ANC li kena joang tabeng tsee? Hape tseba hore hase Maroma kaofela bao e leng manasi. U bona e ka nka khetha e feng hee ngoan’a monna ho ea ka uena.Feela u se ke ua mpolella ka ABC,LCD,BNP LE LWP.Hape seo ke se ratang ka uena ke hore u paki hore DC e se ntse e hapile likhetho.Moo hee ke u fa tsoepo e KHOOOOOOLO.
Comment by Khomo on 21 May 2012:
Molapo nka thabela ho u tseba n why u rata DC so much. Now.. Will somebody please tell me how possible it is this time around for those ballot boxes to be tampered with because there is a rumor going around that those boxes have already been tampered and riged in favor of one of the parties. Somebody please tell me that this isnt true, tell me that elections in Lesotho are really “free, fair and transparent”. Somebody! Anybody! Please!!!
Comment by Maru-mats'o on 22 May 2012:
@ Khomo
I will not answer for Ntate Molapo. But freedom of choice is guaranteed in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and several other international and national documents; the Constitution being one of them.
Now coming to your question of whether the ballot boxes are not tampered with, my honest and sincere answer to you is, since the reintroduction of democracy in 1993, there has never been any rigging of the elections. The electoral outcome has always reflected the will of the people, and the shifting dynamics of the electorate. The 2007 elections are a classical example of the outcome that reflected the changing political landscape, with the urban, mostly Maseru voters going for the opposition, ABC because of their disgruntlement with the ruling LCD or leader, or both, while the majority of rural voters stuck to the ruling LCD.
The conduct of the elections is transparent at every stage, including the announcement of the results. However, VERY few isolated cases of unintended and negligible human error may occur, but in the unlikely event when these arise, they usually get detected and corrected down the line. Every time, all the local and international observers have always unreservedly approved the conduct and outcome of the elections as a true reflection of the will of the people.
Yes, there will always be rumuors doing the rounds, but people with inquiring minds won’t believe every single one of them. They usually hear them with their ears and apply their minds to make their own conclusions. That’s how western civilizations developed – the desire to provide scientific evidence, or proof beyond reasonable doubt. Half truths produce half proofs. I hope I have answered you bro. Hev a great day!
Comment by CJB on 22 May 2012:
Helang, DC ha ena chance hoo hang!! Bonang seboka sa Metsing mona:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAR-O3TkAU4&feature=channel&list=UL
Comment by Iron on 22 May 2012:
Thank you for that @CJB and remember most of our people were unable to come because Ntate Sekatle refused to allow RSA buses to come and ferry our people despite them agreeing and later going back on their word (This is the type of people they are- Nnete..).
Hae fofe- a party = the people so it goes without being said that no one person is bigger than the party. Ntate MCCD you were ill-advised for the benefit of Mahltere.
Comment by nthuse ke bue nete on 22 May 2012:
achee le ea bua ke bona bokheleke mahlapa a makale i just pray for peace of this country that all i am concerned about
Comment by Jomaleta on 22 May 2012:
Re tla boka ha li oroha , @cjb whoever will win we shall support him,Liboka tsa ntate sekhonyana used to be very much successful more than all parties in the mt kingdom ,batho ba rona hase batho ba liboka ke batho ba voutang, empa re ea mo lebohela DJ waters haeba o tla hlola ,but never underestimate DC because u dont like it ,batho ba lirural Areas dont think like u ntate CJB …come 26 otlo bone hore batho ba mabalane are totally different from those living permanetly in Rural areas ..watch this space..Batho ba lirural areas, Bacha ba litoropong le basadi ka kakaretso batla khetha MUSO,Joale ka tsatsi leo re tla bona hore letsatsi letla chaba kapa che,re tla bona hore nonyana e tla fofela holimo kapo etla oela ka potong ,kapo Poto e tla pheha linaoa kapo nama ea nonyana or khoho ,re tla bona bana beso,re se lumelle lipolotiki hore li tlise enermity ,re loaneleng Khotso ea moshoeshe ,ea neng are oka nketsang ha e hahe motse motse ho hahoa oa morapeli.Ha re eng.@CJB please connect the u-tubes of ABC AND DC as well.
Comment by Nthakzie on 23 May 2012:
there is something i would like to share with Basotho. that is,i have learned that the Americans do not want at all costs to have a political party with a name ‘Congress’. the reason is that they know that a congress is very hard to beat.
now,personally, i subscribe to that American public opinion because in Lesotho we have a political party bearing a name congress, thus, BCP. even the late Mokhehle i think did not know the fact that a congress is very hard to beat because upon an uphill struggle ( li e hloa lekhoara) within that congress,mokhehle formed another congress, thus, LCD. He unfortunately left this congress in the hands of people with a little idea of congress.Again, there was another uphill struggle within that congress which saw Tom Thabane and Maope quitting respectively to form other congresses thus, LPC and ABC which i personally believe its a congress in the form of Conversion.
having seen that, there came another intra-party struggle within the congress (LCD). Ba ja ba tima. eventually,Mosisili a li bona matsoele with the formation of another congress in the black Basotho pot.
Now, my point is, indeed, a congress is something very hard to topple down on its knees because BCP,LCD,LPC, and ABC-C for congress in the form of conversion, all are still in existance. i therefore, wish the politicians could be aware of this fact, and never think of beating a congress in the forthcoming general elections. in particular, i wish to bring in PM’s attention that he can never beat a congress as he campaigns saying that. Oh, ntate, a congress is a ROCK like John Stuart Mill.
Thanks for reading this piece of information.
Comment by hojoalo on 23 May 2012:
you talk too much,’na I’m just waiting for the 26th to go and vote my party(DC)my future.haho na makatsa ho fumana all these people who encourrage others to go and vote for a certain party are not going to vote,le ho ngolisa ha baa ngolisa.
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