BNP leadership contest gets ugly BNP leadership contest gets ugly
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’Marafaele Mohloboli
THE race for the Basotho National Party (BNP) leadership is increasingly turning ugly. This after three of the six contestants last week went on national radio to accuse the party’s current national executive committee (NEC) of corruption.
The three are Professor Lehlohonolo Mosotho, ‘Mota Nkuoatsana and ‘Mamotsepe Motseoa. They have since been slapped with letters demanding that they retract their statements and apologise for their conduct “which is likely to bring the party into disrepute”.
The letters were authored by BNP secretary general, Tšepo Lethobane, on 14 April 2021.
‘Maseribane bows out
Mohalenyane Phakela
BASOTHO National Party (BNP) leader, Thesele ‘Maseribane, says contrary to claims by some party members he has no intention of clinging to the BNP leadership beyond his second and final term which expires in June 2021.
He will thus be stepping down and handing over to a new leader when his term expires then.
Chief Maseribane states this in his papers filed in opposition to BNP leadership hopeful, ‘Mota Nkuoatsana, and others’ High Court application for him to step down immediately.
He argues that contrary to the applicants’ claims he was elected for his second term as BNP leader on 12 June 2016. There was therefore no way his term could have expired in March 2021 as alleged by Mr Nkuoatsana and his co-applicants.