{"id":32013,"date":"2023-07-31T09:47:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/im-done-with-politics-moleleki"},"modified":"2023-07-31T10:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:07:03","slug":"im-done-with-politics-moleleki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/im-done-with-politics-moleleki","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m done with politics: Moleleki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki says he is done with politics. Mr Moleleki, who leads the opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD), said he will not seek re-election in his Machache constituency in next year\u2019s elections but would seek to return to parliament as a non-constituency legislator.<\/p>\n

That would be his last tenure in parliament and thereafter he will pass the baton to younger politicians, he told the Lesotho Times this week. Mr Moleleki\u2019s pledge to quit politics is not new.<\/p>\n

Back in 2017, he told this publication that his decision not to stand in future elections was premised on his belief that leaders should not cling to positions for life but make way for others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a disgrace that people are still saying one person should be a leader for 40 years. We need to foster a culture of passing the leadership baton,\u201d Mr Moleleki said at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe six times that I have been elected in Machache mark the end of my time as a candidate in that constituency and at the next election, whether it comes tomorrow or in the year 202.<\/p>\n

I will not be standing as a candidate for Machache constituency. When there was a need for me to stand for constituency elections, I did and now it is time to give another person an opportunity to stand.<\/p>\n

\u201d The IEC has said the next general elections would be held around September 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have decided to give an opportunity to someone else to throw their hat into the ring and contest.<\/p>\n

This shall be someone chosen by the party with my full backing to ensure that the AD doesn\u2019t lose Machache to another party. \u201cThere is no going back on my decision.<\/p>\n

No one and nothing can make me change my stance. The 11th parliament which will be inaugurated after the next elections is definitely the last that I will serve in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have long said that I won\u2019t be contesting in the next elections. I intend to get into parliament for the last time as a proportional representation MP.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure that I will be on top of the list of my party to be a proportional representation MP. \u201cOnce I\u2019m in parliament through PR and I feel my party is stable, I will step down completely from politics.<\/p>\n

This is not because I am old but simply because that is what I\u2019ve decided. Not even my party can talk me out of this because I\u2019ve made up my mind. \u201d Born on 5 January 1951, the 70-year-old Mr Moleleki is a veteran of Lesotho\u2019s political landscape.<\/p>\n

He was Democratic Congress (DC) deputy leader until he famously fell-out with then party leader and Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in 2016. Mr Moleleki went on to form the AD in December 2016 along with members of a DC faction that had supported his ultimately unsuccessful bid to take over from Mr Mosisili.<\/p>\n

He won his party\u2019s only elected seat in the 3 June 2017 elections and was appointed deputy prime minister in the Thomas Thabane-led coalition which lasted from June 2017 to May 2020 when it was replaced by the current Moeketsi Majoro-led coalition.<\/p>\n

Before the formation of the DC in 2012, Mr Moleleki had served in various ministerial positions including Minister of Natural Resources in the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) and the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) starting in 1996.<\/p>\n

The AD leader said before leaving he wanted to groom his successor \u201cto avoid a situation where they grope in the dark like I did\u201d. \u201cI\u2019m happy that so far four party members have shown interest in replacing me in the constituency.<\/p>\n

But whoever gets to replace me as leader won\u2019t be cherry picked. They will have to be elected by the party. \u201cI have timeously made this announcement of my impending departure so that people who wanted to replace me will have enough time to be groomed and prepared for the future role before they are weaned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promise to support whoever replaces me. I will be guiding that person to enable them to serve better than I did because I was groping in the dark without anyone to guide me.<\/p>\n

I will support whoever will succeed me because there is no way I will allow the party that I established to be divided,\u201d he said. He however, refused to reveal the names of the four who are angling to succeed him in the Machache constituency.<\/p>\n

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