Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Deputy Prime Minister, Honorable Mathibeli Mokhothu, as the Chairperson of the Cabinet Committee on Re-Election, had a meeting with the leadership of the courts and political parties in the Lesotho Parliament to discuss the creation of a constitution and peace.
At a press conference held on Wednesday at the Manthabiseng convention center, Mokhothu explained that the aim of the conference was to provide the progress made by the re-electing council on constitutionalism.
“The re-election function is responsible for overseeing the rule of law, policies, peace creation, unity, health and reconciliation of the Basotho people.
The main purpose of getting these leaders to get the report is to correct them as this work is about to pass through the hands of the Re-election Council and the Cabinet to the parliament, ”Mokhothu said.
He said the vision was that when they entered parliament they would have ‘co-operation’ and co-operation as all levels of society in their diversity have been dealing with the re-creation process in a participatory manner.
He noted that most of the time they were discussing the issue and reached an agreement that almost always worked in consultation and they wanted to see that spirit prevailing in parliament and the senate without separating themselves from the parties and councils.
see political. Mokhothu pointed out that the issue of re-election is too big and requires peace and tolerance. He said they needed to examine themselves to see where they saw weaknesses and where they could strengthen to build the community with all its facilities.
He said the key issues in the re-election were to provide services to the community, economic development, resource development and the rules governing the elections to be passed into the hands of parliament.
“These issues have been acknowledged and agreed that there will be consultation once the members are in parliament,” he said.
The deputy chairperson of the re-election council, Mr Tsiu Khatibe, pointed out that the re-election committee had decided to look into the constitutional provisions in order to make some of the following legislation easier to implement.
done. “The law is made up of three parts namely the general majority, two-thirds and the questioning process. When this is completed, it will be enshrined in the law that will give effect to the content of the constitution, ”Khatibe said.
He said in their tenure as the Electoral Commission they had successfully cited the changes within the 82 constitution created as follows; needing a standard 64, the need for two-thirds seven, the need for a public question 11.
“In the midst of these changes, the committees set up before the 35 re-election committee responsible for the re-elected departments and the re-election committee have approved them, which are in the process of being transformed into law.
There are six legal, three parliamentary, ten security, three justice, three public service, seven economic and three media related. , ”Khatibe explained.
Of these 82 amendments there were 11 that went back to the committees because the Re-Election Committee wanted the committees to include them and within them the constitution has two, two protections, the economy six when justice has one.
There are also 37 amendments that the Re-election Council will sit on, and the constitution will consist of seven, parliament 15, justice 10, public service and three economic services.
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