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| Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane |
Maseru, LESOTHO
Lesotho’s government has agreed with South
African mediators and political parties to implement a “dignified retirement”
for Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, a joint statement said on Monday,
signalling stepped up efforts to end a political crisis.
Thabane
has been under pressure to resign owing to a murder case in which he and his
current wife are suspected of being involved in the assassination of his
previous wife, charges which both of them deny.
“The
coalition government of the Kingdom of Lesotho commits to effecting the
implementation process or modalities for the dignified, graceful and secure
retirement of the right honourable prime minister,” a joint statement said.
Thabane
had pledged to step down at the end of July, but South African mediator Jeff
Radebe told journalists in Lesotho’s capital Maseru that “the timeline is
immediate,” for his leaving office.
Neither
Thabane nor his spokespeople were immediately available for comment on whether
or when he plans to quit as prime minister of Lesotho, a tiny kingdom embedded
in a South African mountain range.
South
African diplomats stepped in to try to calm tensions on Sunday, a day after
Thabane sent soldiers and armoured vehicles onto the streets of Maseru to
restore order against what he said were “rogue national elements”. -
Africa
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