According to Moleleki, “the outgoing committee has done an outstanding job ensuring that there are women representatives across the 80 constituencies of Lesotho.  “Despite being overseers, they executed party operations for its existence and sustenance. They also ensured that the infant party survived when they defected from their estranged party.” “My responsibility is to unite the AD, and that which separates us, I can sense from far afield hence the need to stop right now with mischief,” he said, warning members against slate politics of skeletons forced upon members. The leader instead urged for members to be respected for their right and freedom of choice.

He also encouraged members to adopt a new culture of reaching out to one another. He appealed for negotiations and tolerance despite holding different views and preferences as that would ensure unity of the party and prohibit defection to other parties due to members who are unsatisfied as a result of their ideas being suppressed. He also used the platform to congratulate the outgoing leader of the Democratic Congress, (DC) Dr Pakalitha Mosisili for finally handing over the leadership reigns.  He appealed to members of the AD to pray for peaceful elections of their coalition partner, All Basotho Convention (ABC) in their next elective conference next weekend as well as the Basotho National Party’s (BNP) in March so that they could go peacefully in a stable environment.“It is a right thing to wish peace within all the major parties. Thinking and wishing otherwise is short-sightedness. Instability within political parties translates to national instability with negative effects on the country’s peace and economy,” said Moleleki.

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