Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Revolution for Prosperity (RFP)’s factional fights turned ugly this week amid sensational allegations of a murder plot. Thuso Makhalanyane, the RFP Abia MP, has accused Isaac Malebaleba, the Thaba-Bosiu MP, of plotting to kill him.
Makhalanyane also claimed that Malebaleba also wants to eliminate Dr Mahali Phamotse and another MP who is not named. Makhalanyane has lately become the face of the RFP faction accusing the party leadership of nepotism in filling government positions.
He appears to have picked the details of the alleged plot from a Facebook account that has Malebaleba’s name. Malebaleba has however disowned the Facebook account and vehemently denied the allegations.
Makhalanyane has lately become the face of the RFP faction accusing the party leadership of nepotism in filling government positions. He has openly made some biting remarks against the government.
Malebaleba is a staunch supporter of the RFP leadership’s policies that have been under immense attack from Makhalanyane’s faction. Efforts to contact Makhalanyane were not successful at the time of going to print last night.
Dr Phamotse did not confirm or deny the alleged threats but said she is unfazed. “I am not scared of those threats, they mean nothing to me,” Dr Phamotse said. The threats are inherent in a Facebook account that Malebaleba has however disowned.
Malebaleba told thepost that the allegations of a plot to kill the two MPs “are just tailor-made and meant to fight political battles for some people who are struggling politically”.
He instead accused Makhalanyane of peddling lies against him for cheap political scores after failing to fulfil promises he made during his election campaign last year.
“Makhalanyane has promised to build a police station for his Abia people. Where is that station?”
“Unlike him, I have bought tractors for my constituency and I am helping them plough their fields.
Malebaleba, a well-known farmer and businessman in Thaba-Bosiu, also accused Makhalanyane of spreading lies that he is stealing fuel from the government for his tractors.
“It is a lie that I am stealing government fuel. My tractors pay M5 000 every day at the Puma garage where I buy fuel,” he said.
“I have no reason to plan their deaths, they are not bothering me with anything.
” Malebaleba alleged that Makhalanyane is angry with him for not pushing for Prime Minister Sam Matekane to appoint him a minister.
Malebaleba said last year Makhalanyane asked him to talk to Matekane to appoint him the home affairs minister. “He gave me a list of six people, with his name on top,” Malebaleba said.
“If they did not see it necessary to make him a minister, that is none of my business.
“This is just politics.
” Makhalanyane, in his Facebook account, accused Malebaleba of corruption and theft of government fuel to fill his tractors. He also alleged that Malebaleba had helped himself to government seeds and fertilizers which he said are kept in his stores.
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