The Movement for Economic Change (MEC; st, Sethala sa Kholiso ea Moruo) is a political party in

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

History

The party was established in January 2017 and announced on 1 February 2017 by Small Business Development Minister

Selibe Mochoboroane Selibe Mochoboroane (e mots'o moratuoa) is a Mosotho politician and the current Minister of Health due October 2022 in the government led by Sam Matekane. He is the youngest party leader of the newly founded Movement for Economic Change (MEC), whi ...

, following his separation from

Lesotho Congress for Democracy The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) is a political party in Lesotho. In 1997, Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle left the Basutoland Congress Party to form with his faction the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy. The new party won the 1998 ele ...

, of which he was secretary general appointed at the party AGM in 2015.Mochoboroane forms new party
Lesotho Times, 6 January 2017 He took a much questioned cross-bench position in parliament, claiming support of either government or opposition when necessary, with the aim of diverting political attention to economic growth and away from congress or national regimes of vengeance and divisions, but rather a nation of oneness for Basotho. He was officially released from serving as a Minister on 7 February 2017. MEC was formally registered on 9 March 2017. In the June 2017 elections the MEC received 5% of the vote, winning six seats, including a constituency seat by the leader. It landed the position of being the 4th biggest party in Lesotho after ABC, DC (with LCD) and AD. Following the 2022 election the MEC reached an agreement with the newly formed RFP and with the AD to form a government lead by RFP's leader Sam Matekane.

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