Metsing rules out coalition government
MASERU — Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing has ruled out forming a coalition government with the Democratic Congress (DC).
Metsing said in the event that his party is forced into a coalition government with rival parties after Saturday’s election they will not include the DC because Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili does not want change.
“We can work with parties that have never ruled but not with DC and that is on principle,” Metsing said.
“Excluding the DC from such a government would not be out of hatred but is a matter of principle.”
Metsing was speaking at a press conference in Maseru yesterday following radio reports that he had clandestinely gone to the State House to push for a coalition deal with Mosisili.
He however dismissed the Mo-Afrika radio station’s report as baseless.
“I am puzzled by this claim. At the same time it is not so much surprising because this is a clear sign of accepting defeat on their part,” Metsing said.
“I have been in that congress league before and the things that are happening this year are totally amazing, they are a sign that some people are facing defeat.”
Metsing said he was hurt that journalists at the radio station went on air before verifying the story with him.
He said there was no way he was going to meet Mosisili at State House without the blessings of his party’s national executive committee.
“That would be very disrespectful of me to people who put me in power. This matter was intended to bring confusion and mistrust between me and the LCD cadres,” he said.
Members of the LCD national executive committee who were present at the press briefing included deputy leader Motloheloa Phooko, chairperson of the Committee of Elders Mpho Malie, Kekeletso Rantšo, treasurer Lebohang Ntšinyi and Khotso Matla, editor of the LCD propaganda newspaper Mololi.
Metsing said he was prepared to ask that CCV security cameras that are installed at the Prime Minister’s residence be reviewed to clear his name.
MoAfrika FM spokesperson, Molefi Lengosane, told the Lesotho Times yesterday that they had tried to contact Metsing for comment without success before running the story.
Metsing said engaging the DC clandestinely would be an insult and a betrayal of voters who are crying out for change.
“After all they (DC) have made it very clear at their rallies that they would not put up with a coalition government. Why would I be stupid enough to go and engage in talks with the DC when I am aware that Basotho are going to vote for change?” Metsing said.
“There is no power that can stop Basotho from bringing about the change that they want. By the power of God, come Saturday, Lesotho will experience change,” said Metsing.
The LCD leader urged LCD followers “not to be angered or frustrated by this cheap propaganda”.
Mosisili quit the LCD in February and formed the DC after two years of bitter infighting for control of the party.
The premier on Sunday also ruled out a coalition government with opposition parties vowing that his DC will win a clear majority in Saturday’s election.
Comment by joangnyana on 24 May 2012:
MoAfricafm is unprofesional…
Comment by No 1 Supporter on 24 May 2012:
LCD Rally was very big. No need for coalition. It is here on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAR-O3TkAU4&feature=g-upl
Comment by Rametse on 24 May 2012:
Lets wait and see,time will tell.
Comment by Lejantja on 24 May 2012:
Ba babeli ba bararo (ba lekana le maoto a potoana) basa u rateng Ntate Metsing. Rona ma LCD rea u rata le haele mona sera Liabolosi a batla ho ferekanya lekhotla la rona. I wonder na motho a ntseng are ho kenngoe Bokreste molaong oa motheo a ka phatlalatsa ntho e ferekanyang ha kaana sealemoeeng sa hae. Empa hee Bible le eona ea cho hore satane o re qhekella ka hotla ka sebopeho sa Bokreste ho rona. Hae fofe NONYANA!!!!
Comment by Judge on 24 May 2012:
sechaba sa heso sa basotho,hare eng likhethong relo khethang phetoho,we r sick and tired ke puso ea mosisili e hatellang eo e sebelisoang fela hore e ruise ba pela hae leba habo,go and vote for lcd, a party of change,ntate metsing rona rea o rata ebile reo kopa hore o hlomphe sechaba sa basotho otlo bone ha basotho bao rata boetapeleng ba hao,batho ba ile batsoa lekhotla la lcd ka lebaka la mosisili empa ka mora hore a tsamaee,litho tseno li khutletse lekhotleng la lcd bcos mosisili was the problem not lcd,ea fofa nonyona
Comment by sisi on 24 May 2012:
Change,change,we need it.rea e khetha LCD e nchafetseng ka moqebelo.
Comment by monster on 24 May 2012:
LCD enchafalitsoe keng metsing antsa leteng?o kopanela ‘muso le mang?DC is a big party we dnt need the so called coaliation u r talking abt its bcz wa bona hore ur chances of winnin are slim DC is givin u a headache lol,viva DC viva
Comment by FINANCE on 24 May 2012:
@Monster, really? where have you been living? you can not hide from reality. We (LCD) are much better supported than DC. I think you are at par with ABC, from the sunday rally.
Come the 26th of May, you will realise that you made a big mistake by following DC. and I hope, just like all other parties-LCD included, you accept the election result, even when you lost.
ITS TIME FOR CHANGE, TIME FOR A BETTER LESOTHO……..TIME FOR LCD
HA E FOFE…PUSO…EA FOFA …NONYANA
Comment by monna thaba on 24 May 2012:
hmmm! kea e ts’aba DC EAKA, ke hore haho letsatsi le fetang hosa buoa ka eona ke bahanyetsi, ETA SA PAKALITHA EFEFA SE LILUMA ELE KA NNETE, OOE ma ea fofa twala ke kopa le seke la ipolaea ka li 27 hleng kea lekopa. dj waters ke bona eka haa utloa DR. MOSISILI na o itseng haale ha-foso, o itse o utloa batho ba ntse ba re muso oa kopanelo, muso oa kopanelo a re RONA DC ha re kopanele muso le mang kapa mang ka eng ea hae? ho setse letsatsi feela pele ma ea fofa twala(lcd+abc) le ma pfd ba kopanya livote bare ba hlola DC fela ba hloleha ho hlola. lcd+abc+pfd+mfp+bcp+bnp+mmb+ the rest= 1/2 DC. DC!DC!DC!DC!DC!DC!DC! KHOTLA LA DC KE JERUSALEMA. HELELE LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNA!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by moleko on 24 May 2012:
halalala moshanyana utloang nthoena hleng e lla hakang ka Propaganda sekk! he metsing ke nthoesele fela tjeeee u fihla neng eena lepoltiking moo asa tsebeng hore li propaganda ke ntho tse teng `me li hlaaha hona metsotsong ea ho qetela tjeee hehehehehehehehehehe sesotho sere ” moshanyana se llele ho lisa ..Nako tsa hao litla ” ho tla nyeoa ka sunday….BUT fact we need a change but Metsing eena is no for Basotho`s change he aint got it all for being a PM kannete hle banna ebile Ntate Tom is much better
Comment by FINANCE on 24 May 2012:
@Moleko, what tools did you use to measure the appropriateness of Mr. Tom as a better candidate for the position of PM? I have nothing against ABC, but realistically they don’t have a chance to win all the constituencies. This is where LCD has an upper hand over ABC
Comment by Thato Ignatius on 24 May 2012:
Ba bua ba sa bue,re nka push,Ntate Metsing for a change,LCD is for the best of Basotho
Comment by Thato Ignatius on 24 May 2012:
Correction,i was saying re nka puso,ka LCD
Comment by Motaung on 24 May 2012:
lets wait and see. indeed we r prayng for changes eventhouh i wud rather opt for Advocate Maope to lead the coalition.
Comment by Jomaleta on 24 May 2012:
Ntate Metsing we also Trust God for Change ,we also pray to the same God that he will give us Victory ,The same God who preseved us in Exile ,He will Give us the Victory,Yes we have weaknesses like you ,yes we failed basotho here and there and you were part of that Failure as well ,u were a minister as well ,are you regarding yourself as a perfect Human Being who does not have mistakes ,if ntate metsing
accept that he is a Human being with weaknesses like me and you ,why is he campaigning saying Ntate mccd is an enerny,This DJ waters talk too much about God(that he does not understand) ,and on the other side He is speaking evil against MCCD. God is for all and He does not favour political parties like us,God loves all political parties In Lesotho .He loves abc,dc,lcd,pdf and others ,the enermy is not DC but satan(or poverty) who rebelled against God.
Iam so suprised that the people who were stumbling blocks 12 months ago ,are now voicing out change ,Ntate Lehohla was a minister and did not come up with the methods of service delivery and quality Control and today He is talking Change with Metsing.
Ntate MCCD brought change but there was the degree of jealous because it was introduced by Him not u.
Metlakase e kene in rural Areas ,likontiri li kene ,likolo le buildiloe ,20yrs ago hone ho sena sekolo ka hare ho naha ,likolo ene ele tsa kereke tse tharo ,Roma ,fora le chache ,a na kea pota basotho ba heso ,lona ba reng ntate mccd ha se motho ea raete ,a na lona le lokile mahlong a Jehova na? Is he the only one in lesotho who is having sins ,ena metsing ana ha ana LIBE na,Monna enoa ea nang le bo fokoli joale ka nna le oena otlisitse Li ntlafatso tse ngata haholo.
Give me the leader who dont have mistakes in the world or even in the Bible ,you will discover that ONLY JESUS WAS THE Perfect being ,Tlooelang Basotho Ho Itlhatsoa ka Ntate Mosisili ,Batho ba bang a itlhatsoang ka monna enoa bane ba emetse feela hore moruti e mong a hlokahale ba tsebe ho matha le mosali oa moruti eo, kapo ke ena antseng a mo Ngolla Lispeech ,kapo Chee.
Comment by Malietheng on 24 May 2012:
Monna Thaba,
KEA U RATA,U MADE MY DAY
DCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Khatibe on 24 May 2012:
@Jomaleta, you seem to think exile is a trump card of some sort, remember most in the congress were in exile not just MCCD. So stop the exile thing. As a matter of fact the more you talk is the more you sound desperate. Bottom line although some of us forgive Ntate MCCD for mistakes “there and there” as put it, he must face it it’s end of an era, it is time he made way for others voluntarily or Involuntarily(It’s not in his hands) . It’s been 15 yrs too many. As a matter of fact a self respecting leader should have voluntarily stepped down.
Comment by Lekhoakhoa on 24 May 2012:
There is no smoke without Fire macongress a Tebile haholo ,ebile a ea utloana ,passop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Lekhoakhoa on 24 May 2012:
@MCCD WANTED TO STEP DOWN FOR MAHALETERE ,NOT DJ WATERS.U HAVE NOT FORGIVEN HIM KHATIBE WHY LIBOKENG TSA LONA LE NTSE LE MO BUA HAMPE,I REMAINED IN LCD BUT AFTER LE MO BUE HA MPE I MADE MY WAY OUT ,IF METSING WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT LCD WILL DO FOR BASOTHO ,I WOULD REMAIN IN LCD.
Comment by Khethi on 24 May 2012:
Ao kea setsaba eta sa Pakalitha, ba baleha ba matha mpetleke bashanyana..heleeeeeeeeee luuuuuune…ho bona DC ho bona.
Comment by Khatibe on 24 May 2012:
@Lekhoakhoa, I said some of us have forgave him but we have not forgotten. Libokeng tsa rona we tell nothing but the truth that does not mean we haven’t forgiven him. Look in the congress movement people vote. So this statement that he wanted Mahaletre not DJ waters, although true is not up to him but upto the LCD supporters and we wanted the DJ on the mix. Also Lekhoara stop acting like you were in the LCD and you moved because of what we said libokeng, just be honest you loved him and you followed when he moved. Because you can’t say eena o buoa LCD hantle bokeng tsa hae. Its politics i am not blaming him but bokeng tsa hae ore tsempe libotswe LCD tsenlte libotswe eena. Stop creating feeble reason why you jumped sheep, hao rata motho o oa morata.
Comment by Khatibe on 24 May 2012:
@ Khethi O leka hore o oa se tsiba eta sa Pakalitha, se ea baleha se matha mpetleke Sechaba. Joale mong a botsa o tlo khethoa ke mang?
Comment by Oa bochabela on 24 May 2012:
we are waiting for the final decision.we dont no if its true or not.motho emong le mong tla iponahatsa matla ahae ka satadae
Comment by oa qacha on 24 May 2012:
ho nyonyobela motho ase ntho empe haholo ha ebe o bona ele ntho eka thusang sechaba sa Basotho.khotso ha e ate.
Comment by Ho luma thaba on 24 May 2012:
aebo nna kere haeba metsing o na na le litaba tsa mosisili ha ska pata hoba ha etsa nthoe mpe plus ha re tsebe lehaeba ba utloana mafifing fela ha ska latola hoba leshano ke nthoe mpe haholo haele leader ya sechaba.
Comment by ka skoting on 24 May 2012:
keeeere!!!! eena u nyonyobetse poeo ea tsoelike hle. sekhukhuni se bponoa ke sebatalali. ase ena a ts’oeroeng a komakoma mabitleng? bua!
Comment by oa qacha on 24 May 2012:
@ ka skoting , ketso tsa lefifi ha ho mang ya litsebang. Bua ntate ke wena kapo ke mang?
Comment by masepala on 24 May 2012:
ba tla bua lipuo tsa manyeloi le batho feela ntate Metsding eena re ilo mo khetha motho a rata kapa a sa rate o tlo busa Lesotho for a change! Ea fofa nonyaaaaaaaaana!!!!!!!
Comment by Setho se khabane on 24 May 2012:
Ha I ya haaaaaa!
Comment by BUCCANER on 24 May 2012:
People let us not fool ourselves with these false statements,time will tell! I BET with my last cent that LCD will come out VICTORIOUS, come saturday! BASOTHO LET US NOT PRAY FOR A MIRACLE,LCD ROCKZ!!!!
Comment by manyambela on 25 May 2012:
Cum judgement day May 26th. DC KE POHO!!! SO WHAT!!! Halala Dj Manyonyoba…
Comment by Augustina on 25 May 2012:
@Jomaleta, hee oa e bua nnete he moholoane. Haesale rona bo augustina re li supa lintlafatso tsena tse tlileng pusong ea Pakalitha, empa haesale batho mona ba ikeme ba re ha hona ntho eo a etselitseng Lesotho esale a busa. Nna ke re batho ba se nang nnete sechaba le Molimo o tla ba tsoa, batho ba reng litsela ha li eo re tsamaea bo mpilo le bo bypass, re kea liprimary school tsa li double story, re patalloa libuka tsa high school, re isa bo mma rona le bo ntata rona liclinicing free, ba lemo li 70 ba fumana lipechele, batho ba reng ntho tsena ha li eo ba re ke re ntho e tsoeu joalo ka pampiri e ntso. mme ba joalo ha ba na nnete. Haeba ba ka atleha ka mohlolo ba busa naha ena ke bona ba tlo re tetebetsa ka ho hloka nnete. Pakalitha ha a ka re pusong ea hae ho tla etsoa lintho, lia etsoa, keli bone, le tse sa etsoeng li sitisoa ke rona basebetsi ba sa batleng likatleho. Ausi Augustina therefore says; Busa Mosisii, Busa, Busa Pakalitha Busa, Hola lekhotla le theuoeng ke Bethuele la DC Busa Lesotho post may 26
Comment by Khatibe on 25 May 2012:
Hao Ausi Augustina ha o tsebe hore ntho tsohle tse o buileng ka tsona li entsoe ke LCD. Joetsa batho hore na DC yona e entseng.
Its too late for every thing the people have decided 15yrs is too much for one man let alone 20yrs.
LCD for Change.
Hae fofe.
Comment by Lethula on 25 May 2012:
MY DC,MY HOPE,MY FUTRE NO MATTER WHAT.
Comment by Lethula on 25 May 2012:
Correctio;MY FUTURE.
Comment by Nthotsemnate on 25 May 2012:
Kannete Waters eena NO!
Comment by Ealla Koto on 25 May 2012:
if you seriously are advocating for change and the way you call on the most high God, you better completely erase the word never from your vocab, haeba o rata Lesotho and you happen to win ka LCD eba you are forced for a coalition you will do it with whoever without favor and descrimination…. ntle le haeba you are calling on a different God sir.
Comment by Jomaleta on 25 May 2012:
Koana makhoakhoeng re khantsa le ho pheha èsita le ho hlatsoa ka motlakase, mechachane no 1 dc e feta mohalotso khatibe o tseba hantle@Augustina ke re busa mccd busa proffessor ,batho bana ba ferekane since 1993 bana le rona pusong ba bone professor a shaene ka makhabane a hae e bile mccd a tlisa change especially in health education agric n forestry .khatibe na o bone seboka sa mahata moho koana ha foso,i wish dr ntsu mokhehle was alive a bone makhabane a mora oa hae oa sepolotiki
Comment by Lethula on 25 May 2012:
Some LCDs have now realised that Metsing has become LCD by himself.
Comment by NTJA KA LENGOPENG on 26 May 2012:
ALL OF U ARE BUNCH OF HYPROCRATES… WHEN ARE YOU ALL GOING TO WAKE UP AND REALISE THAT THE WORLD IS EDING… WE HEADING FOR AMAGIDEON..LE TLAKE LE BATLE FAHLEHO SA MOLIMO NENG..YOU BEEN YARMARING & YARTARING KA MOSISILI, METSENG, THABANA, MANG… KE NENG LE TLA KE LE BUOE LITABA TSE HAHANG BOTHO LE MOEA, TABA TSA MOLIMO…HA LE SO UTLOELE KA SATARNISM…. ENA LE TLA MO LOANTSA NENG HAEKA LE LOANTSANA KA BOLONA… E LENG HORE HA LE SO HLOKOMOLE NA HO ETSAHALANG…WAKE UP.. BULANG MAHLO, SEKEHANG TSEBE LE MAMELE LE SE KE LA PHERIMELOA.. KA HA NAKO RE SA E TSEBE BOHLE.NXAAAAAA!!!!
Comment by tamasine on 26 May 2012:
Lethula,i agree with u 100% how can metsing talk about coalition at sabc without consulting nec ea lcd, o ntse a kopane le bo tom and bo maope without lcd he is bigger than lcd,we have just heard via sabc 2 that abc will haue a combined government with abc thats an insult towards our molao oa motheo oa lcd
Comment by Honest lady on 26 May 2012:
Hm chehe polotiki ha ke e batle
Comment by tamasine on 27 May 2012:
Ha lina motloha pele
Comment by ostrich on 28 May 2012:
chuo!,haele lekhotla la LCD NKEKE KA LE FETOHEL,ea fofa nonyana!!