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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE Basotho National Party (BNP) deputy leader Machesetsa Mofomobe yesterday threw his hat into the ring as he sought to take over the party\u2019s top job.<\/p>\n

Mofomobe handed his letter of intent to the party\u2019s secretary general, Thato Lethobane, who told the deputy leader\u2019s boisterous supporters that he would pass it on to relevant committee.<\/p>\n

He becomes the third senior party official after Professor Lehlohonolo Mosotho and Advocate \u2019Mota Nkuatsana to officially register an interest in the top post.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the party premises, Mofomobe said the fact that his party had opened up to all members to contest for the leadership position was confirmation of its strong democratic credentials.<\/p>\n

He said he joined the BNP in 1983 when he was just 10-years-old after seeing BNP members dancing and singing a song that says \u201cBo-Ntsu Mokhehle re tla ba bona mohlang ba tlang Lesotho, molato ha o bole\u201d (We will deal with Ntsu Mokhehle and company when they come to Lesotho, their wrongdoing will not be forgotten).<\/p>\n

He said at the age of 16 he became the chairman of the Maseru Central constituency, adding that he was not in Bloemfontein like his competitors. \u201cI practised the BNP democracy left and right,\u201d Mofomobe said.<\/p>\n

He also said he took part in the 1991 elections after the infamous Order Number 4 that banned political activities was lifted. \u201cThe army decided to return the nation to democracy in 1993,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that the BNP had to go for elections without a leader but their intelligent constitution solved that as their leader Leabua Jonathan had died together with his deputy, Nehemia Sekhonyana \u2019Maseribane, and Matete Majara would hold forte until a new leader was elected.<\/p>\n

There were only two contestants, Chiefs Ret\u0161elisitsoe Sekhonyana and Peete Nkuebe Peete. \u201cI was on Ret\u0161elisitsoe\u2019s side and my younger brother was with Peete Peete,\u201d he said. Sekhonyana won the contest.<\/p>\n

Mofomobe said BNP members should not liken him to Professor Mosotho because he had been present all along when the company he leads, T\u0161epong (Pty) Ltd, wreaked havoc at Queen \u2019Mamohato Memorial Hospital but he did too little to solve the problem.<\/p>\n

Professor Mosotho last week told his supporters that he had helped solve the problem at the hospital. \u201cT\u0161epong has been taking M500 million (from the government) and where was he?\u201d<\/p>\n

He said it is not true that Prof Mosotho helped the fired nurses return to work because even as we speak today they are still jobless. He also said it does not make sense that Prof Mosotho claims to have helped the Alliance of Democrats (AD) and the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in the past election.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can you fund your competitors in politics?\u201d The BNP, AD, ABC and the Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) formed a coalition government in 2017. He continued to say Professor Mosotho is not even well-known amongst members of the BNP.<\/p>\n

He pleaded with members to respect the party leader Chief Thesele \u2019Maseribane until the last day in the party\u2019s leadership \u201cand even when out of it because he will always be our leader\u201d.<\/p>\n

He criticised contender Nkuatsana and others for dragging the party to court seeking to oust Chief \u2019Maseribane. \u201cThey have brought a curse upon themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He stated that the court case does not make sense and members should stop confusing it with democracy. He urged members to stop destabilising the party for their own personal interests.<\/p>\n

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