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 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 ...

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

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 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 Mochob ...

. 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 repre ...

Election Results

References

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