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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. 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. 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. Both the party and the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) have not revealed why the guards were withdrawn and declined to divulge any issues discussed during their talks.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. \u201cThey should not investigate who I meet; they must only protect me,\u201d Mokhothu said. 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. \u201cThey can take their (soldiers), I do not care. I am guarded by the Most High. \u201d 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. 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. 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. 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. Mokhothu is 45-years-old. \u201cThey will not stop me from governing this country.<\/p>\n

They can only delay me,\u201d he said. \u201cI do not care if they are security agencies bosses, but they are old and on their way to the grave. \u201d 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. 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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