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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE National Reforms Authority (NRA) has distanced itself from the National Peace and Unity Bill 2021 that will have powers to pardon human rights violators.
\nSpeaking at a meeting organised by the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) on Tuesday, NRA CEO Mafiroane Motanyane said the Bill is not a product of the NRA.
\n\u201cWe have not adopted any position on the Bill,\u201d Motanyane said. He said the NRA is not seeking the public\u2019s opinion on the Bill because it is not currently on their desk.
\nMotanyane said the NRA\u2019s mandate is to promote consensus on reforms to ensure there is long-term reconciliation. He said their goal is to build a structure that will promote peace.
\nMotanyane said \u201cthe question of peace is much bigger and we know that the NRA cannot implement it alone but with all stakeholders\u201d. \u201cDuring the dialogues there was never a time when the issue of a Transitional Justice Commission was raised,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Motanyane said attempts by the NRA to have a stakeholder meeting to deliberate on the issue of peace architecture that has a \u201cTransitional Justice Commission\u201d component failed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

He said the issue of peace should be approached with care adding it must include all the stakeholders. Former government spokesman, Nthakeng Selinyane, said the government just has to \u201cfacilitate the process not to be hands-on on the TJC like it is doing now\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the SADC facilitator, Justice Dikgang Moseneke, \u201cshould follow the rules\u201d and the government should not allow him \u201cto breach the procedures that need to be followed\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tragedy that we are having now,\u201d Selinyane said. Selinyane stated that \u201cthe Bill does not say there is no peace in Lesotho\u201d. Basotho have never asked for the JTC, he said.<\/p>\n

He said the government feared telling Justice Moseneke where he is going wrong. According to him, \u201cMoseneke is rushing things without the necessary consultations\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bill is for the perpetrators not the victims of the heinous acts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Former Justice Minister Professor Nqosa Mahao, now leader of the Basotho Action Party (BAP), said normally transition is done where there were conflicts or even dictatorships.<\/p>\n

Professor Mahao said \u201cwhat happened was just impunity\u201d. \u201cLesotho is not in a conflict, Moseneke\u2019s issues must be looked into before it is too late,\u201d Professor Mahao said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis issue of reconciliation does not make sense. Reconciliation must be between the victims and perpetrators,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this incident the victims are being pushed into agreeing with the TJC.<\/p>\n

\u201d Mahao said they are being threatened that SADC will ban them if they do not agree to the Commission. Professor Mahao\u2019s brother, Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao, was killed by the army as he was on the way from his farm in Mokema in 2015.<\/p>\n

Political scientist Dr Khabele Matlosa, who has written extensively on transitional justice for both the United Nations and African Union, said the Peace and Unity Bill is important and has a lot of legal or litigation implications for Lesotho.<\/p>\n

Dr Matlosa said Justice Moseneke is a facilitator but his role is not clear even on the issue of who he reports to. \u201cFacilitation and mediation are not the same, I think the issue should be clarified,\u201d Dr Matlosa said.<\/p>\n

He said Justice Moseneke and Jeff Radebe seemed to come to Lesotho interchangeably while playing the facilitation role. \u201cNobody knows what capacity Minister Radebe came,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said President Cyril Ramaphosa should be the one reporting to SADC rather than Justice Moseneke doing so \u201cbecause Ramaphosa is the head that appointed Moseneke to help while he was busy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Matlosa said \u201cthe Bill will be an early Christmas (present) for the perpetrators\u201d adding that \u201creconciliation needs to be balanced between the victims and perpetrators\u201d.<\/p>\n

He argued that the state wants to pardon the perpetrators yet reconciliation can only happen between perpetrators and victims, \u201cnot the government pardoning perpetrators on behalf of victims, worse if the victims were never consulted\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. THE National Reforms Authority (NRA) has distanced itself from the National Peace and Unity Bill 2021 that will have powers to pardon human rights violators. Speaking at a meeting organised by the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) on Tuesday, NRA CEO Mafiroane Motanyane said the Bill is not a product of the NRA. 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