MASERU, April 8 -- Following the prorogation of the Parliament of Lesotho by the Prime Minister (PM) Dr Motsoahae Thomas Thabane through the Government Gazette, Legal Notice No. 21 of 2020 from March 20 to June 19 this year, the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) has issued a statement calling for its reversal.

In its April 2 statement, TRC commends the government of Lesotho for the stringent measures it has adopted to curb the COVID-19 spread, which the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic, and subsequently declared a State of Emergency by the government of Lesotho.

It however opposes the move to prorogue the National Assembly on account of COVID-19 fears which has inspired that decision according to reasons advanced b...