Lesotho’s Prime Minister deploys army into the streets to ‘restore law and order’
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has placed the country under what some claim to be martial law.
The army has been deployed on the streets a day after the constitutional court ruled his decision to suspend the parliament as irrational.
The army has been ordered to restore law and order and to rein in on individuals and some institutions that Thabane accuses of abusing courts, free speech and other rights to undermine the rule of law and democracy.
In an address on public television Prime Minister Thomas Thabane said he had “deployed the army to take control of this situation and take necessary measures against these elements in alignment with the security orders and restore peace and order”.
On Friday the high court prohibited the prime minister from suspending Police Commissioner, Holomo Molibeli until it hears the commissioner’s application challenging the suspension.
