{"id":5482,"date":"2021-11-06T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T12:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/defections-rock-bnp"},"modified":"2021-11-06T12:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T12:45:51","slug":"defections-rock-bnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/defections-rock-bnp","title":{"rendered":"Defections rock BNP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE Basotho National Party (BNP) Women\u2019s League chairperson, Nokoli Hloloane, and two other senior members have defected to the Alliance of Democrats (AD) over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The two senior officials are \u2019Mat\u0161oanelo Phailana who was the deputy secretary-general for Quthing district and Elijah Rampai from Kolo constituency in Mafeteng.<\/p>\n<p>They left to join the AD last Friday and were welcomed by the AD leader Monyane Moleleki. Moleleki told the new members to feel at home adding that he knows the strength the three new members will bring to the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to be afraid of you but now we have strength because you are with us,\u201d Moleleki said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the new members to adapt quickly to their party ways of doing things and hit the ground running. He said the three will be part of the new incoming government \u201cif you adapt and help us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Moleleki told the members to respect other political parties \u201cbecause unlike others we are a party of the people\u201d. He assured Hloloane that he is accepted together with her position as a women\u2019s league chairman.<\/p>\n<p>He said members should accept the new members and never call them names as they are new in the party. The AD deputy leader, Professor Ntoi Rapapa, said the new members \u201care new but not new in politics therefore they should be welcomed and respected by others\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Rapapa said they have been successful in taking Jacob Vuyisile from Sebapala constituency and Joang Molapo, the former BNP deputy leader, from Maputsoe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have big people who we are welcoming, they will help us with the numbers,\u201d Professor Rapapa said.<\/p>\n<p>He said their dream is to multiply and triple the numbers they already have now. Hloloane said she is happy to join the AD. \u201cIt was a long journey, it did not start now,\u201d Hloloane said.<\/p>\n<p>She said she will be humble and follow the party\u2019s constitution. Hloloane promised to work hard and grow the party not only in her constituency but throughout Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p>She said the AD members should ask themselves why she left the BNP yet she had a good position. \u201cWe will work hard to get to 2022 so that the AD is not at the mercy of other parties to get into government,\u201d Hloloane said.<\/p>\n<p>The BNP leader Machesetsa Mofomobe said he is not happy that he is losing members to other parties but added that he too is poaching from others. \u201cIt hurts to see some of our members defecting to other parties, especially the BNP women\u2019s league chairperson who was very instrumental in the party,\u201d Mofomobe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn politics, people defect to other parties, it is nothing unusual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cMy job is to fetch the BNP members to rejoin the party and others to defect from their parties to join the BNP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<br \/>\nMofomobe said he is \u201cvery much hurt by Vuyisile\u2019s defection too\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in Roma and Machache where I received new members, this coming weekend I will be receiving others in Khubetsoana,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u2019Malichaba Lekhoaba\u2019s United For Change (UFC)\u2019s Tsikoane constituency chairman, Monare Makharilele, has defected together with 300 members to the Basotho Action Party (BAP).<\/p>\n<p>Accepting the new members at Tsikoane on Sunday, the BAP leader Professor Nqosa Mahao thanked his working committee for embarking on a door-to-door campaign to recruit members.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Mahao said elections are fast approaching and urged members to recruit more supporters \u201cbecause we seriously want to form government after the coming elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government is not doing enough to combat the killings in the country adding that they went to Maputsoe where an old woman was killed by a boy who later raped her corpse.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Mahao said the government does not have any strategies in place to eradicate all the problems faced by Basotho all over the country. \u201cBy joining the BAP you choose the future of this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least we should have 3 500 per constituency for us to win the coming elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. THE Basotho National Party (BNP) Women\u2019s League chairperson, Nokoli Hloloane, and two other senior members have defected to the Alliance of Democrats (AD) over the weekend. The two senior officials are \u2019Mat\u0161oanelo Phailana who was the deputy secretary-general for Quthing district and Elijah Rampai from Kolo constituency in Mafeteng. 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