Lesotho: ‘Govt Threatening the IEC’s Autonomy’ – Maqutu

THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s Director of Elections, Mpaiphele Maqutu, says the government’s attempts to move the National Security Service (NSS) into the same building the electoral body occupies is a vainglorious infringement of its autonomy.

The IEC moved into a new building – christened IEC House – in March 2024 after vacating Prime Minister Sam Matekane’s MGC Park after an outcry that its continued renting of the PM’s premises after he had ventured into full time politics…