ABC splits
after accusing Majoro and Hlaele of handing over ABC to Thabane,
DC fears move could spell the end of the governing coalition.
Pascalinah Kabi
THE long-running infighting within the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) finally reached its zenith this week with deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, breaking away to form a new party called the Basotho Action Party.
Prof Mahao yesterday confirmed the formation of the new party in an interview with the
Lesotho Times. He said the new party had been tentatively named Basotho Action Party.
He said he and other unnamed ABC legislators had on Tuesday decided to form a new party because they were “tired of the incessant infighting in the ABC”.
Biden set to acknowledge ground-shaking history of the last year in first speech to Congress
The room where he’ll deliver it is exactly where a riot of would-be insurrectionists tried to prevent him from becoming president. And for the first time in history, a pair of women will be seated on the rostrum and both will be wearing face masks. When the President enters the House chamber to the shouted introduction from the House Sergeant at Arms, he will also be wearing a mask before removing it to speak.
Biden plans to reference both the January 6 riot and the historic tableau behind him during his remarks, according to people familiar with his speech preparations, a nod to the weighty environment in which he will make the highly symbolic yearly address for the first time. Before he speaks, he’ll meet with Capitol staff who weathered the insurrection attempt.
ABC splits
MASERU-THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) has finally collapsed and might take the government down with it.
Deputy Leader Professor Nqosa Mahao is working with ABC functionaries, MPs and supporters to form a new party that he says might be registered by the end of next week.
He confirmed that the constitution is being drafted and he is one of the driving forces behind the break-away party.
The initial plan was to call it New Dawn but that has since changed because there is already a church by that name.
Prof Mahao said the decision to form the party is a culmination of what he described as a “chaotic situation” in the ABC.
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April 27, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC
BySteve Vladeck, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
If there’s any issue that should unite congressional Democrats and Republicans these days, it ought to be the pressing need for statutory reforms to rein in the growing unilateral powers of the president. As we approach President Joe Biden’s 100th day in office, the importance of pushing through meaningful reforms becomes increasingly important lest the next president (or even this one) be able to engage in some of the same abuses that we’ve seen in recent years. And the man who should be leading the charge? Joseph R. Biden.