{"id":15923,"date":"2022-06-13T06:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T06:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mps-dethrone-lehloenya"},"modified":"2022-06-13T07:10:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T07:10:43","slug":"mps-dethrone-lehloenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mps-dethrone-lehloenya","title":{"rendered":"MPs dethrone Lehloenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Teboho Lehloenya has, on Monday this week, lost to a no confidence vote in what the Speaker Sephiri Motanyane described as an \u201cunprecedented but not unusual\u201d motion.<\/p>\n

He read the section 64 of the Constitution which asserts that the Speaker of the National Assembly may be removed by two-thirds majority but said it is silent on the Deputy Speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have framed a standing order for this exercise,\u201d said Motanyane. The motion to unseat Lehloenya was through a secret ballot paper, which passed with 58 votes while 48 votes were opposing the motion and one was spoilt. Moving the motion, Motete No. 3 Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Tumahole Lerafa of the Democratic Congress (DC) said there is no bad blood in having Lehloenya removed from that position.<\/p>\n

Lerafa said the tenth parliament MPs under Lehloenya\u2019s seating experienced challenges in the august house resulting in others sustaining injuries which have had to be<\/p>\n

attended in hospitals. He also said the outgoing Deputy Speaker had \u201chijacked\u201d the trip meant for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Committee Chairperson to China and went for himself and<\/p>\n

said he never reported to the house upon his return. He further supported his motion by questioning \u201cwhich agenda will he drive as his party (Alliance of Democrats) is no longer in this side (government<\/p>\n

side)?\u201d he stressed. He went on to argue that Lehloenya is \u201cincompetent\u201d to lead the house. The motion was seconded by Hon. Mankoe Maime an MP for Maama No. 41 under All Basotho<\/p>\n

Convention (ABC), who is also the newly elected Chief Whip. Echoing similar sentiments, he said there is nothing personal about the move to have the Deputy Speaker<\/p>\n

vacate the post, \u201cwhen one hunts, one should trust their dogs. \u201d \u201cAt work, everyone knows who to trust,\u201d he said. The Leader of opposition Hon. Monyane Moleleki, who is the former Deputy Prime<\/p>\n

Minister in the recently collapsed 4 \u00d7 4 coalition government pleaded with the members of the august house to drop the motion, but it would seem his pleadings fell to deaf ears as the house continued with the<\/p>\n

motion. Moleleki argued that the lawmakers should direct the efforts towards ongoing reforms, adding that the lifespan of the National Reforms Authority (NRA) is near.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us wait and complete reforms processes,\u201d he emphasized. Of note in his arguments was<\/p>\n

reference made to the recently passed Bill of the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution Act 2019 which blocks the sitting Prime Minister (PM) to advise His Majesty King Letsie III to call for fresh elections should<\/p>\n

the former lose a vote of no confidence, citing that it does not \u201csit well with him. \u201d In addition the Machache No. 39 MP commented on the \u2018norm\u2019 by successive governments to have Principal Secretaries<\/p>\n

as people affiliated to their parties. Lastly he expressed concern that Lesotho is a nuisance to both South Africa (SA) and Southern African Development Community (SADC), hence why focus should be on reforms.<\/p>\n

It is not yet known who is going to succeed the outgoing Deputy Speaker and when such vacancy will be filled. However, it is said that the former Government Secretary (GS) in the Mosisili led coalition<\/p>\n

administration(2015 \u2013 2017), also Mafeteng former DA Lebohang Ramohlanka has been tipped for that position according to the sources close to this matter.<\/p>\n

Before joining active politics, Lehloenya worked as District Administrator (DA) in Mafeteng and an MP for Democratic Congress (DC) for Kolo No. 49 constituency.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Lehloenya moved a motion of no confidence against the then Prime Minister Dr Pakalitha Mosisili over the Bidvest saga which was mired by \u2018corruption\u2019 allegations and was seconded by the now Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship Hon. Samuel Rapapa.<\/p>\n

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