Lesotho: Why the ABC Collapsed Spectacularly At the Polls

THE Sam Matekane-led Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party’s stunning election victory was achieved at the expense of established parties like the All Basotho Convention (ABC), Democratic Congress (DC), Alliance of Democrats (AD) and Movement for Economic Change (MEC).

Of these, the ABC flopped spectacularly. Having won 48 constituency seats in the 2017 elections to become the lead party in the subsequent governing coalitions which were formed in June 2017 and May 2020 respectively, the ABC, now…