MONDAY, 5.30PM:
A MOTION to suspend three Lesotho parliamentarians, Tsukunyane Mphanya, Khachane Sekoto and Peo Moejane, sparked arguments in the Lesotho National Assembly on Monday. The three — members of the former ruling party, the Basutoland Congress Party — were suspended after they had previously disrupted the Assembly’s progress.
They refused to co-operate and did not leave their seats. Police were called in to remove them. Opposition Sefate Democratic Union leader, Bofihla Nkuebe, then walked out of the Assembly because, he said, he feared for his life.
Nkuebe also left the building to brief journalists who were waiting outside, following a ruling last week that the press not be allowed into parliament.
The Assembly was adjourned until Tuesday morning.