Lesotho’s voters forced to choose between salaries and right to vote - ‘No work, no pay’ for employees who won’t report for duty on election day
Friday has been declared a public holiday by King Litsie III to allow everyone a chance to exercise their right to vote when polls open. But some businesses say their employees will be penalised if they do not pitch up for work. Most government employees were instructed by the government secretary, Lerotholi Pheko, to knock off by midday on Thursday, while a skeleton staff would work until the end of day.
The manager, who asked not to be named, said they would heed the government’s call to allow employees to go and vote but the decision on salary cuts rested on businesses. “We are forced out of work for something that is not going to benefit us at all but instead will cost us our salaries, some of us will not be able to make it to the polling stations because our bosses never made plans for us to do so,” said one driver who wanted to remain anonymous. Mookho Molefi, 59, said she would not be deterred by the low morale she had observed towards this year’s elections.
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