The RFP’s commandments

Here we go! In just a year the RFP has morphed into an old party of old politics of “them against us”.
It could not just resist the temptation to play the very vile politics it claimed to have been formed to banish. Some of its people are getting ready to lynch Sister Phamotse for inviting opposition leaders and MPs to her victory celebration in Matlakeng constituency.

The sister didn’t pee in a village well or expectorate (spit) on a sacred shrine. She hasn’t cursed at the ancestors.

The sister just invited fellow MPs and Basotho to a shindig to celebrate her victory. For being a cultured Mosotho, she is being called a rebel out to topple the leader. One excitable MP was spitting in a microphone at a local radio station for hours as he fumed over the Phamotse party.

By the time he was done with his rant, the microphone was as wet as a mop. He too was drenched in sweat after overusing his jaws to waffle.

You would think Phamotse had stolen his goats and slaughtered them to feed the opposition leaders at the feast. He said Phamotse was supping with the enemies who hate and insult Uncle Sam.
The vitriol against her was a remarkable summersault for a party that preached tolerance and unity.

Uncle Sam’s declaration that he is the Prime Minister of those who voted for and against him now sounds hollow as some of his people call for Phamotse’s head.
The woman is being lashed for doing exactly what Uncle Sam said he would do: reaching across the political divide to unite the party and the country.

But we should not be surprised by such bile against her. The RFP is teeming with bitter and vindictive ilk that slithered into the party after years of the politics of sharp elbows in other parties.
Having been frustrated out of those parties and stumbled upon a winning team, they refuse to change their toxic brand of politics. They have just changed teams but their rough politics are still the same.

You see them on social media as they move around with knuckle dusters ready to knock out anyone who criticises their party and leader. They specialise in getting angry on Uncle Sam’s behalf.
Those gung-ho tactics are likely to continue as they are frustrated by what they see as the slow pace of the revolution. The revolution, in their mind, means firing people they don’t like.
They have a ‘hit list’ of people they want out of their jobs pronto.

Thanks to the storm triggered by Phamotse’s party, other MPs and members will now have to run from anyone in the opposition.
The commandments are simple.

Thou shall not be seen smiling at an opposition MP because you might be plotting to smile together when the government falls.
Thou shall not drink with opposition politicians because you might be devising ways to end the government.

If you have a funeral in your family you should submit a guest list to the party for approval. The same applies to weddings and other meetings.

Thou shall not marry anyone from the opposition. Tell your relatives to marry within the RFP or you will not be allowed to attend their wedding.

Thou shall not borrow money from the opposition members because you might be compromised.

Any meeting with an opposition leader should be approved by the leadership.
Thou shall report any call you receive from any opposition leader or MP.

And finally, thou shall always remember that this party belongs to those who started it and you are just an invitee (know your place).