Lesotho: Parliament Must Protect State Institutions From Executive Overreach

THE controversy engulfing the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and the Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL) has now escalated to a point where Parliament must assert its constitutional authority.

The Portfolio Committee on the Economic Cluster is rightfully moving to summon the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane, to respond to serious allegations of interference in RSL operations.

These allegations, if left unexamined, risk eroding public trust in one of…