The country and the media were waiting in anticipation for the decision of the Council of State on whether to save Prime Minister Tom Thabane or push him out.
National Assembly Speaker Sephiri Motanyane on Monday gave the country’s new coalition until 22 May 2020 to nominate a new prime minister and finalise its working agreement.
An attempt to oust Thabane failed in the national assembly on Friday, when MPs failed to reach the required majority.
The breakaway faction of Thabane's own ABC that has 33 MPs was supported by the opposition Democratic Congress with 26 MPs and their total of 59 fell short of the required simple majority of 61.
Over the past few days, images of people crossing the full Tele River between Lesotho and the Eastern Cape have gone viral.
Thabane, 80, has been under pressure to resign over a murder case in which he and his current wife are suspected of assassinating his previous wife.
The political and security situation in the mountain kingdom has deteriorated again, and the country’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane has been criticized for putting the army and the police on a collision course.
In a statement, the red berets condemned the 80-year old leader’s attempt to suspend the police commissioner and his decisions to suspend parliament and deploy the army.
On Sunday President Ramaphosa’s delegation met the divided four-party coalition government, civil society and diplomats amid growing calls for Tom Thabane to step down.
Tom Thabane said the reason for his decision was the coronavirus pandemic, but the court said he didn’t follow due process and the proclamation is null and void.
Tom Thabane has deployed the army on the streets and ordered it to restore law and order, and to rein-in individuals and some institutions that he accuses of abusing the courts.
The Lesotho Association of Teachers said the education ministry’s decision to continue the feeding scheme programme contradicts government efforts to battle the spread of the coronavirus.
Tom Thabane declared a state of emergency on Wednesday but unlike his neighbours in the region, he was mum on countries like China, Italy, the UK and the US.
Lesotho's national assembly has voted to amend a provision of the constitution that gives the prime minister singular power to call elections if he loses a vote of no confidence.
The mountain kingdom held three elections between 2012 and 2017 because of a constitutional clause that gave the prime minister singular power to dissolve parliament and call elections if he lost a vote of no confidence.
Thabane's office said he left for South Africa early on Friday morning to seek emergency medical attention.
Police were expecting Thabane to appear before the Maseru magistrates court but he did not arrive.
Lesotho deputy police commissioner Paseka Mokete has confirmed that the director of public prosecutions was ready to charge Prime Minister Tom Thabane with his second wife Lipolelo's murder.
