Marematlou Freedom Party

The Marematlou Freedom Party ( MFP) is a party in Lesotho. A precursor was founded in 1956 as the second party in the country. The party remained until a few weeks in 1994 in opposition.

History

In 1956, morena Seepheephe Matete with other members of the Bafokeng clan the monarchist party Marema Tlou, " The beat, the elephant with an ax " German literally. It succeeded the Party in 1960, to make, recognize the traditional morena and later King Constantine Bereng Seeiso as morena e Moholo, so traditional chief. 1962 Marema Tlou merged with the Freedom Party Basutoland founded in 1960 conservative. Their leader was Bennet Khaketla.

1965 won the MFP four of the 60 seats in the National Assembly and became the third strongest party. The MFP was judged stronger after violence by an MFP -related morena in Rothe but a part of the national leadership had been imprisoned. In 1970, at the first election after independence, the party apparently got a seat The counting was aborted by the then government under Leabua Jonathan of the Basotho National Party, as his deselection threatened.

After the military coup of 20 January 1986, the activities of all parties were banned. However Khaketla was a minister by the Military Council. In the elections in 1993 1.4% of the voters of the MFP gave their voice; but because of the electoral system they did not receive a seat in 1994 staged a coup King Letsie III. and parts of the army and installed for a few weeks, a government, which included several MFP Minister. In the free parliamentary elections in 2002, 2007 and 2012, the MFP received more than proportional representation one each of the 120 seats. 2012 was their share of the vote by 0.6%. The MFP has since supported the coalition government, which is led by the All Basotho Convention.

Program and structure

The motto of the MFP is Khotso ke nala, "Peace is prosperity."