Revolution for Prosperity () is a
social liberal
Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...
political party in
Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest mountains in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a populatio ...
led by millionaire businessman
Sam Matekane
Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane (born 15 March 1958) is a Mosotho businessman and politician who is serving as Prime Minister of Lesotho as of 28 October 2022. Prior to running he was considered to be the richest person in the country. Matekane has made ...
.
History
The party was launched by
Sam Matekane
Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane (born 15 March 1958) is a Mosotho businessman and politician who is serving as Prime Minister of Lesotho as of 28 October 2022. Prior to running he was considered to be the richest person in the country. Matekane has made ...
on 22 March 2022.
According to the preliminary results of the
2022 Lesotho general election
General elections were held in Lesotho on 7 October 2022 to elect all 120 members of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Lesotho.
Background
The previous general elections in 2017 were called after prime minister Pa ...
, the party received a
plurality
Plurality may refer to:
Voting
* Plurality (voting), or relative majority, when a given candidate receives more votes than any other but still fewer than half of the total
** Plurality voting, system in which each voter votes for one candidate and ...
of seats in the country's parliament. Previously, it had been suggested that the party could achieve great success in the elections.
After the election results were announced, RFP leader Matekane announced that he would form a coalition with the
Alliance of Democrats and the
Movement for Economic Change
The Movement for Economic Change (MEC; st, Sethala sa Kholiso ea Moruo) is a political party in Lesotho.
History
The party was established in January 2017 and announced on 1 February 2017 by Small Business Development Minister Selibe Mochobor ...
.
The coalition will have 65 seats in the 120-seat
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
.
Election Results
References
Political parties established in 2022
Political parties in Lesotho
2022 establishments in Africa
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