Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has effectively fired Attorney General Haae Phoofolo. This after ordering him to go on "terminal leave" pending the expiry of his contract in February 2021. The leave is with effect from Monday 14 September 2020.
Authoritative government sources said Dr Majoro was pressured into ousting Advocate Phoofolo by the national executive committee (NEC) of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC). The ABC NEC has itself confirmed as such.
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