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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The newly formed Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) this week received an official approval license from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).<\/p>\n

The Party\u2019s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Reverend Matee, told Public Eye Online that after a struggle, the party has finally managed to get recognition as a legitimate party in Lesotho and therefore said they were happy that their dream has finally come true.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a long struggle of seeking approval from the IEC, we are pleased that our cry has finally been heard.<\/p>\n

Though we will be collecting the license next week, it is with pride that we inform every follower of this party that we have finally secured IEC approval,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one of the new parties termed HOPE was also set set celebrate its license at the IEC offices yesterday.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Machabana Lemphane Letsie-led party was scheduled to hold a press conference to celebrate their license.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. The newly formed Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) this week received an official approval license from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The Party\u2019s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Reverend Matee, told Public Eye Online that after a struggle, the party has finally managed to get recognition as a legitimate party in Lesotho and therefore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10,16],"tags":[233,246,343,245],"class_list":["post-6292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-basotho","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nIEC endorses two new political parties - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The newly formed Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) this week received an official approval license from the Independent El ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IEC endorses two new political parties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The newly formed Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) this week received an official approval license from the Independent El ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-26T09:19:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-26T09:38:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-61a0ab17b56da.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"IEC endorses two new political parties\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-26T09:19:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-26T09:38:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties\"},\"wordCount\":168,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-61a0ab17b56da.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Basotho\",\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/iec-endorses-two-new-political-parties\",\"name\":\"IEC endorses two new political parties - 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