The United Nations (UN) has passed a congratulatory message to the newly inaugurated Prime Minster, Mr. Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) in Lesotho, Ms. Amanda Khozi Mukwashi said with a joint effort, they are looking ahead to tackle key development challenges that are affecting the nation.
She noted that change is an opportunity to build stability, ensure the national reforms agenda is delivered for the benefit and dignity of all Basotho and create a conducive environment for the generation and equitable distribution of wealth in society.
Ms. Mukwashi pointed out that these reforms present an opportunity for Basotho to find lasting solutions to their country’s perpetual political crisis.
She said as a state-building mechanism, the process of undertaking constitutional reforms, especially of the scale envisaged for Lesotho is a cooperative venture by actors with conflicting private-political interests.
‘The process succeeds when key actors demonstrate the willingness to subject their private interests to the pursuit of the public good of the new constitutional order,’ she noted.
Ms. Mukwashi said this becomes extremely difficult in Lesotho where economic conditions are poor and political interaction is characterized by deep-seated mutual distrust among political elites.
She assured the government that the UN will continue to commit itself to assisting Basotho in uplifting their economy and addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Source: LENA 02/11/2022
