The Conflict-of-Interest Judgment Opens the Door to By-Elections

The recent High Court judgment in the matter brought by Honourable Teboho Mojapela together with the Basotho Covenant Movement and the Popular Front for Democracy may, in time, be remembered as one of the most consequential constitutional decisions in Lesotho’s democratic history. Not merely because the court ordered Parliament to enact conflict-of-interest legislation within twelve months, but because the judgment quietly exposes a deeper constitutional reality that the country can no longer ignore. That reality is simple: Members of Parliament…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...