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Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Lesotho

OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF LESOTHO

Dear Thabane

There is no need for you to dispute the fact that you are among the elites in political tatters, decisively pulling down our country. You, in particular, saw our beloved Motherland into this prevailing disrepute.

It was not long ago when democratic power was constitutionally handed over to you under your premature, now shaky coalition government.

 It would have been suicidal to think you would take us to the phase of a consolidated democracy. This is for the axiomatic truth that you were not readily fit for the position, but yet you are still in denial.

Basotho, SADC and the world at large all know that your inefficiency to incorporate your co-partners, more especially the Deputy Prime Minister into the critical decision-making steered instability in our Kingdom in the Sky.

You bravely, however irrationally and unacceptably continue to fire some competent prominent personnel such as Government Principal Secretary, Commissioner of Police, and indeed the controversial Commander of the armed forces, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli.

You proceeded with a lone refusal to open the parliament as suggested by the SADC Organ on Politics Defence and Security.

Dr Thabane Ntate Prime Minister, I am becoming less interested in the utopian coup because it appears to one as a mere defenceless mechanism you can only hold on to against your downfall.

It could be naïve, thereof, not to acknowledge your reasonable anticipation that once you suspend the prorogued parliament, you are ousted either by floor-crossing of your fellow coalition members of the parliament (MPs) to the opposition or by the vote of no confidence.  

 I could advise you to stop your pseudo-politics. Every prudent individual is now aware of your disorder. You are suffering from the fear to be ousted. Not the fear of the “renegade” army commander Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli as claimed.

Conversely, you are not the only one in fear. Basotho are also in fear to correct you when you are misleading the public, more especially the international domain.

Had it not been for the innate drive to advance Lesotho and myself, I would have sat in the realms of fear too.

My outbreak is only an outcome of your intensive setback against me as an individual citizen who is vigilant about the future.

If it wasn’t for your cowardice and thriving thirst to hold on to exhausted power, I would have categorically embarked on my upcoming study which is ideally hoped to inject understanding of Diplomacy and Good Governance in Lesotho context.

The proposed research is envisioned to observe The Parliament proceedings and engage on in-depth interviews with the National Assembly community.

But how possible will that be as you impulsively uttered, ‘the re-opening of the parliament is impossible at this time’?

My honourable Prime Minister, I suppose you like developments even though you may be impaired to realise when you are against such good initiatives.

Whoops! My bad! I was about to ask you whether you also like Lesotho le Basotho (simply translated as Lesotho and her citizens), but I suddenly remember your standpoint on this issue.

In the interview [with Lesotho Times] where you were undiplomatically disclosing your long hidden love affair with Liabiloe –of whom her husband later filed a case against you, it could be accurate to  maintain that you seem less concerned about the country you are ruling. 

You articulated that you can rather step down as the Prime Minister and as the President of the Basotho National Convention party (ABC) than surrendering her.

With this in mind, it is convincing to argue that I have no grounds to question you about the love of the country and the loyalty of your own party.  

My point of concern is, create space and enable all potential channels of those ambitious citizenry such as me to transform Lesotho and Basotho into a better transitional democracy.

I thank you.

From the concerned member of the society:

Molefi Matsieli

A proudly Citizen of the Lesotho Kingdom and

MA candidate in Public Policy, School of Social Science

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Howard College Campus, Durban
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