{"id":54622,"date":"2025-04-04T21:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/dc-mps-join-rfp"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:35:16","slug":"dc-mps-join-rfp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/dc-mps-join-rfp","title":{"rendered":"DC MPs JOIN RFP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>At least two Democratic Congress (DC) Members of Parliament (MPs) crossed the floor in the National Assembly on Friday and joined the ruling party, Revolution For Prosperity (RFP).<\/p>\n<p>Such MPs were Mr. Maimane Maphathe and Peiso Kelane from Matelile and Maletsunyane constituencies respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Agency, Mr. Kelane said he joined RFP a long time ago, thus officited it by crossing the floor in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. At least two Democratic Congress (DC) Members of Parliament (MPs) crossed the floor in the National Assembly on Friday and joined the ruling party, Revolution For Prosperity (RFP). Such MPs were Mr. Maimane Maphathe and Peiso Kelane from Matelile and Maletsunyane constituencies respectively. 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