After Botching the Vote, They Want Another Term? Spare Us the Insult

By Hlalele ‘Neko There comes a moment in the life of every public official when they must choose between personal ambition and public dignity. For Lesotho’s current Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) commissioners, that moment came in 2023 and they failed spectacularly. Yet, in Lesotho accountability is more performance than principle, we now face the grotesque absurdity of these same commissioners seeking reappointment. It is a national embarrassment. Let me be blunt: no self-respecting professional who presided over the botched allocation of Proportional…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...