Africa-Press – Lesotho. The RFP is just a toddler but already is now severely wrinkled and is using a walking stick. Never in the history of this country has a political party aged so fast and furiously.
Only those high on something illegal can claim that the RFP is different from all those other hovels insisting on being called political parties. Like other parties, the RFP suffers from a severe bout of factionalism.
Members are bitter, angry and disappointed. They say ‘look what has happened to our thing”. Those at the top are plotting against each other. They say this is our thing.
Hangers-on are demanding their share of the spoils. They say it’s their turn to eat. Everyone wants to ingratiate themselves with Uncle Sam. A legion of bootlickers is jostling to appease him with a toxic mix of sycophancy, gossip, conspiracy theories and lies.
Some even have their vuvuzelas stuck to Uncle Sam’s ears. Meanwhile, the country is falling apart. Roads are pocked with potholes and the economy is boiling.
Violent criminals stalk Basotho while the police load their pockets with bribes from drivers. Those around Uncle Sam who have some power are hiring relatives and friends.
You wake up one morning to hear a minister’s sister has been smuggled into a plum job. By lunch, a brother of minister mang-mang is now a board member.
And before sunset, a cousin of so and so is on a flight to an embassy. By the end of this year they would have hired their entire villages and there is nothing you can say or do to stop them.
Your noises on the radio don’t matter. They only listen to the voices of their relatives thanking them for the jobs. You will have less chest pains if you accept that their nepotism will not end until everyone who matters in their lives has been hired.
Those who were shouting about Moshe coming to save them remain where they were two years ago or are worse off. The corruption they said will end even before we could say “Moruo!” is now standard procedure.
Everywhere you look, someone in the party is grumpy about something. It’s the stolen jobs, the rigged tenders and the unfulfilled promises. None of all this should shock or anger us.
All was bound to happen. What is appalling is the speed with which the cookie has crumbled. The ABC was terrible but it didn’t rot that fast. The LCD simply died a slow death after it elected a novice as a leader.
The DC doesn’t know whether it’s going or coming. What is clear is that the RFP is sprinting to its demise. And they are singing and ululating while at it.
The history of our politics is clear that no political party can be saved from factionalism and power squabbles. Nothing will stop the infighting once it has started.
There will be no going back to peace. Those who call for peace will be wasting their time. Those who deny the existence of factions and power struggles are just pathetic liars.
Those who claim to be neutrals are either confused or spineless souls. The spin doctors who persist in alleging that an obviously fractured party is united and strong should be considered lunatics.
Muckraker is simply saying things will get worse for the RFP. And that is not a prediction based on some clairvoyance, witchery or AI. Nor is it fearmongering. It is as obvious as the fact that Mokola is politically finished.
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