Lesotho Congress for Democracy
- Lesotho Congress for Democracy
The Lesotho Congress for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho.
In 1997, Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle left the Basutoland Congress Party to form with his faction the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy. The new party won the 1998 elections with 60.7% of the popular vote and 79 out of 80 seats. Pakalitha Mosisili became the new party leader and prime minister. At the last elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 54.9% of popular votes and 77 out of 120 seats. In the 17 February 2007 parliamentary election, the party won 61 out of 120 seats.[ [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=nw20070221093422705C821482 "Win was not fair - opposition"] , AFP ("IOL"), February 21, 2007.] ]Major splits from the party occurred in October 2001, when leading LCD members Kelebone Maope and Shakhane Mokhehle left the party to form the Lesotho People's Congress, and in October 2006, when Tom Thabane left the party to form the All Basotho Convention.
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