{"id":4913,"date":"2021-10-22T09:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T09:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/thabane-majoro-fight-escalates"},"modified":"2021-10-22T09:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T09:43:15","slug":"thabane-majoro-fight-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/thabane-majoro-fight-escalates","title":{"rendered":"Thabane, Majoro fight escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, has accused his deputy Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro of leading a faction fighting him.<\/p>\n<p>Thabane made the allegations as he addressed the ABC\u2019s fifteenth anniversary in his Abia constituency on Sunday. Majoro did not attend despite being invited.<\/p>\n<p>At the same event, the ABC secretary general Lebohang Hlaele accused Majoro of not having the courtesy to apologise for being absent. Majoro and other executive committee members were expected to attend the event.<\/p>\n<p>A seemingly furious Thabane said Majoro\u2019s absence from the event was a reflection of a new phase of factionalism rocking the party. \u201cNow there is Majoro\u2019s faction and Thabane\u2019s faction in the party,\u201d Thabane said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat should I do to rescue myself and maybe rescue you as members?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not satisfied because you have formed rival groups amongst yourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<br \/>\nThabane also ordered Hlaele to immediately organise a meeting with constituency committees to deal with problems in the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see that you have forgotten that I am still the leader of this party,\u201d he told his followers.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was \u201cnot made a leader by a few people but the majority of the ABC members,\u201d a cynical comment possibly directed at Majoro who was picked by the national executive committee to be the deputy leader after Professor Nqosa Mahao left in a huff to form the Basotho Action Party (BAP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember where we come from,\u201d Thabane said. Thabane also seemed to concur with the recent allegations that Majoro doesn\u2019t consult the party on critical issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo party can lead a government but does not consult its followers\u201d. After the event, Hlaele told the press that \u201call the absent members knew about the gathering\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a WhatsApp group and the invitation was sent to everyone through it,\u201d Hlaele said. He said only one person excused himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deputy leader is there in the group but he did not state any reasons for not coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he said they were expecting all the national executive committee members to be present at the celebration or at least give an apology if they were to be absent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unacceptable behaviour not to heed the leader\u2019s call,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have heard from the leader\u2019s speech that there are some factions in the party, maybe those who did not come fall under the group that does not go with the leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should leave individualism and focus on our party because we are aware that some people forgot their purpose of being in the party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last night Majoro told thepost that \u201cit is true that I could not make it to the said activity because I was out on a well-known official assignment in Mokhotlong, a task that my esteemed leader knew about it, i. e. service delivery to Basotho\u2019\u2019. \u201cSecondly, the NEC had not sat and decided upon that celebration,\u201d Majoro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must indicate that the very same allegation was addressed during the sitting of the NEC on Monday this week where all sides agreed that no proper communication regarding the celebration was done, as an invitation was posted in a WhatsApp group, not via a circular, which is an official communication to all members of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cFailure to make it to the festivity shouldn\u2019t be seen or described as a snub to it,\u201d he said. Leshoboro Mohlajoa, the Malimong constituency who is a Thabane loyalist, took to the podium to fire salvos at some of the party\u2019s coalition partners.<\/p>\n<p>Mohlajoa said the ABC is \u201cruling with a party that is only interested in getting resources to campaign for the 2022 elections\u201d. Mohlajoa was probably referring to the Democratic Congress (DC) which some in the Thabane camp have accused of influencing Majoro\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n<p>He lashed at those who blame the ABC on everything that happens in the government. \u201cThey must pull out of government if they think the ABC causes problems,\u201d Mohlajoa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ruling with a type that does not believe in this government, but is in it for resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<br \/>\nThabane formed the ABC in 2006 after a nasty fallout with comrades within the Pakalitha Mosisili-led Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, has accused his deputy Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro of leading a faction fighting him. Thabane made the allegations as he addressed the ABC\u2019s fifteenth anniversary in his Abia constituency on Sunday. Majoro did not attend despite being invited. 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