Africa-Press – Lesotho. THE Cabinet’s principal secretary, Kabelo Lehora, has abandoned his bid to represent the Malingoaneng constituency after he failed to resign in time for the nomination.
Lehora was planning to represent the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in Malingoaneng, his home area in Mokhotlong, after he lost the primaries in Khubetsoana. The constituency committee in Malingoaneng had agreed on him as a candidate.
His troubles however started this week when he tried to hand in his resignation from the government so that he could submit his nomination papers to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
thepost understands that only then was Lehora advised that he had run out of time to resign as PS and officially enter the race. This is because the Electoral Act stipulates that a civil servant can only contest in a political election if they have been officially out of office for a full month.
Lehora wanted to resign five days before the nominations which start on August 29. Had he tried to force matters, Lehora would have run into legal problems as his nomination would have been rejected.
Lehora confirmed that he was out of the race. “The matter was no longer in my hands,” Lehora said. “There was no point in proceeding with the resignation from my job because it would still not have been possible to legally file my nomination papers.”
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