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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader Mathibeli Mokhothu has accused soldiers who were offered to guard him of spying on him.<\/p>\n

Mokhothu told a rally in Hololo constituency in Butha-Buthe on Sunday that the government had given him \u201cspies instead of bodyguards\u201d.<\/p>\n

The bodyguards were present at the rally when he made the startling accusation.<\/p>\n

The statement came hardly a week after army Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela controversially withdrew the bodyguards from him.<\/p>\n

They were reinstated last week on Monday after the DC leadership held talks with the commander.<\/p>\n

Both the party and the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) have not revealed why the guards were withdrawn and declined to divulge any issues discussed during their talks.<\/p>\n

Mokhothu, as the official leader of opposition in parliament, is entitled to security provided by the army, a salary and other privileges equal to a cabinet minister\u2019s.<\/p>\n

He said the army has to guard him and not spy on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should not investigate who I meet; they must only protect me,\u201d Mokhothu said.<\/p>\n

He added that he could live without the army security \u201cbecause God protects me\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not like that the guards next to me have turned into spies. They are not anyone\u2019s dog,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can take their (soldiers), I do not care. I am guarded by the Most High.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mokhothu said he did not need the army\u2019s protection as he would still \u201csleep soundly at night without them\u201d.<\/p>\n

He accused the government of seeking succour from the security agencies that threatened the opposition after it sought to pass a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Sam Matekane in parliament.<\/p>\n

Mokhothu also berated the courts for delaying to hear a case that challenged the no-confidence motion against Matekane.<\/p>\n

He said the High Court had delayed the matter to allow Matekane to source support from opposition MPs to thwart the no-confidence motion.<\/p>\n

While the case was pending, Matekane went on a charm offensive when he successfully persuaded Professor Nqosa Mahao\u2019s Basotho Action Party (BAP) to join the coalition government.<\/p>\n

Mahao was at one time a vociferous opponent of the government led by Matekane.<\/p>\n

Mokhothu said the moves by the government to delay the motion \u201cwill only delay the government\u2019s ouster\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the current government that is fighting him is \u201cdominated by very old people, some of whom are 23 years older than me\u201d.<\/p>\n

Matekane and Professor Mahao are 19 years older than Mokhothu while Mothetjoa Metsing, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader, is 10 years older than him.<\/p>\n

The Alliance of Democrats (AD) leader Professor Ntoi Rapapa is nine years older than Mokhothu while the Movement for Economic Change (MEC) leader, Selibe Mochoboroane, is only a year older.<\/p>\n

He said even the security agencies bosses who are fighting him are also older than him.<\/p>\n

Mokhothu is 45-years-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will not stop me from governing this country. They can only delay me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not care if they are security agencies bosses, but they are old and on their way to the grave.\u201d<\/p>\n

He vowed to win the 2027 general elections against the RFP-led government, in light of how the DC has performed in the local government polls this year.<\/p>\n

Mokhothu said security agencies will not be able to save Matekane\u2019s government come the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n

He said he remains unmoved by the threats from the army as he is \u201cthe last person on earth to fear men in uniform\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has turned the security agencies into their property,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader Mathibeli Mokhothu has accused soldiers who were offered to guard him of spying on him. Mokhothu told a rally in Hololo constituency in Butha-Buthe on Sunday that the government had given him \u201cspies instead of bodyguards\u201d. 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