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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE Basotho Patriotic Party (BPP) leader, Tefo Mapesela, says the Democratic Congress (DC) should allow the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to correct its mistake by re-allocating seats.<\/p>\n

Mapesela, speaking at a rally in Hololo constituency on Sunday, criticised the DC for opposing the application when the IEC sought to correct its mistake when it allocated seats following last month\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

The case will be heard in the High Court tomorrow. Mapesela said instead of opposing the application, the DC should withdraw its three Proportional Representation MPs who have already been sworn in because they were erroneously put in parliament.<\/p>\n

The IEC, which admitted the error, came under a barrage of attacks from political parties after the October 7 general election. It said it had made a mistake when it allocated three seats to the DC and another to the Alliance of Democrats (AD), which has already formed a coalition government with the Revolution for<\/p>\n

Prosperity (RFP) and the Movement for Economic Change (MEC). The IEC has said in court papers that the seats were supposed to be allocated to Mapesela\u2019s BPP, the United for Change (UFC) of \u2019Malichaba Lekhoaba, the Basotho National Party (BNP), and the Lesotho People\u2019s Congress (LPC).<\/p>\n

Mapesela, Lekhoaba, the BNP spokesperson \u2019Masetota Leshota and the LPC leader Moipone Piet will be sworn-in as MPs if the High Court agrees with the IEC tomorrow.<\/p>\n

They would replace three DC MPs \u2013 Moramang Moleleki from Hololo, \u2019Masuthang Taole from Mants\u030conyane, and Nthati Ramohanyane. The AD\u2019s Lebohang Mochaba, from Mekaling constituency, will also have to go home.<\/p>\n

Before the swearing-in of the MPs, Mapesela rushed to the High Court to block the swearing-in arguing that the four MPs did not have a right to cast their votes during the election of the Speaker of Parliament and Deputy Speaker.<\/p>\n

Addressing the rally in Hololo, Mapesela said the seat that was allocated to his party by the IEC should be reallocated to him with immediate effect. \u201cThat is my seat,\u201d he bellowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe BPP members voted and we want it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe seat should be allocated to us because the IEC is not giving it to us through sympathy.<\/p>\n

We qualify for that seat because the BPP members voted. \u201d \u201cIt is not by accident that we got that seat,\u201d he said. Mapesela said his party had decided to support the RFP leader Sam Matekane.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will support the government without conditions. I do not want positions or anything,\u201d he said. He said they will support Matekane as they believe he is the right person to lead the country \u201cfrom the Somalia-state it is in now\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said he will not cast curses at the RFP as he did with the All Basotho Convention (ABC), the party he defected from when he founded the BPP last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI burnt their clothes showing that I was burning the entire party,\u201d Mapesela said.<\/p>\n

He said because of his curses, the ABC has downsized from above 50 constituencies in the 2017 general election to zero in last month\u2019s polls. He said when he decided to leave the ABC, some people thought he was mentally ill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere is the ABC now?\u201d he asked. He pleaded with his party members to support the Matekane-led government so that it can perform its duties well. He said life does not start and end with being a minister. Mapesela said Matekane should be allowed to do his prime ministerial duties.<\/p>\n

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