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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)\u2019s administrative secretary narrowly escaped being harmed by an angry mob at the party\u2019s offices last week. The attack on Mpolokeng Mahana, last Wednesday, comes as the LCD is in the throes of a power battle between leader Mothetjoa Metsing and secretary general Teboho Sekata.<\/p>\n

The battles have intensified as the party prepares for an elective conference that is supposed to be held within the next five months. Mahana was roughed up by a mob that accused her of being part of the power battles.<\/p>\n

Her car was scratched as she fled from the crowd that appeared to be dominated by young people. Eyewitnesses said the crowd chased after Mahana\u2019s car who told thepost that she has not been reporting to the office since the incident because she fears for her life.<\/p>\n

She said she did not want to say much about the incident because the executive committee is already dealing with the issue. She however vehemently denied that she is a member of any faction.<\/p>\n

The factional wars in the LCD appear to have intensified after the party\u2019s dismal performance in the recent election. The party won three proportional representation seats.<\/p>\n

With hearts still sore, accusations have been flying back and forth as the members try to explain the party\u2019s embarrassing performance. Many party members blame the leadership for the party\u2019s decline since 2012.<\/p>\n

Apesi Rats\u030cele, the spokesperson, has admitted that factionalism is tearing the party apart. \u201cWe met and decided to form a task team made up of five members to investigate the rebellion in the party and report back to us,\u201d Rats\u030cele said.<\/p>\n

He said the team was appointed last Thursday and was supposed to report to the executive committee on Monday this week. \u201cMembers know what to do when they are not satisfied with the leadership and it\u2019s not this way,\u201d Rats\u030cele said.<\/p>\n

He said executive committee tenure ends in December and elections are supposed to be held within 90 days. The fights have spilt over to Facebook where members are pelting each other with insults and accusations.<\/p>\n

Leading the shouting match on the social media platform is Makafane Jase, the LCD\u2019s stalwart commonly known as Jase oa Machache. Jase is particularly scathing of the party\u2019s deputy leader Ts\u030celiso Mokhosi who he has said is too old and out of touch with reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe must withdraw his name from the PR list and be replaced by another person,\u201d Jase said in an interview with thepost this week.<\/p>\n

He said Mokhosi has been in parliament for too long and should make way for young people. Mokhosi has been an MP since 2012. Jase said Metsing should not be an MP because he is enjoying a pension and benefits as a former deputy prime minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should do so if they love the LCD and its members,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he is about to defect, saying the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Democratic Congress (DC), Movement for Economic Change (MEC), Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) are touting him to join them.<\/p>\n

Jase, who does not hide that he is rallying behind Sekata, said there is a smear campaign against the secretary general. He said some party bigwigs are jealous that Sekata had a successful campaign through public outreach activities in his \u2019Maletsunyane constituency and other areas as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSekata is a suitable person to lead the party as he has donated many wheelchairs and food parcels to needy Basotho,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people insulted him saying he was working for himself and not the party.
\nHe said former LCD secretaries-general, Selibe Mochoboroane who has since formed his own MEC party, and Keketso Rants\u030co who left to form the Reformed Congress of Lesotho (RCL) faced the same offhand treatment from the leadership when they became popular.<\/p>\n

Jase complained that when Sekata was elected chairman of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee some in the party wanted him to resign and be replaced by Mokhosi.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur party could only progress if Metsing and Mokhosi resign and leave us alone.<\/p>\n

\u201d He said some party members are now calling for his suspension for criticising the leadership. He however said he is not worried because he is speaking the truth. \u201cThey do not know me well\u201d.<\/p>\n

A voice clip leaked to the media after being sent by youth league committee member, Phokojoe Sekola, to the party\u2019s WhatsApp group paints a picture of the battles.<\/p>\n

Sekola is heard saying Jase and other rebels are fighting for PR seats. \u201cIt is my first time to know that Metsing is being fought like this for seats,\u201d Sekola said.<\/p>\n

He said Jase and others who believe in Sekata should secure letters from ten constituencies to successfully complain about Metsing. \u201cWe have our structures here and not the Facebook and radios.<\/p>\n

People know what to do,\u201d Sekola said. He said Sekata is \u201cthe cruelest secretary general\u201d the party ever had. \u201cThis is not a donation party,\u201d he said, referring to Sekata\u2019s generosity to the needy.<\/p>\n

Metsing denied that he was the reason the party performed poorly in the election. He said the party lost because its members joined the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP).<\/p>\n

\u201cI blame our loss on our members who did not vote for the LCD but the RFP,\u201d Metsing said.<\/p>\n

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