Lesotho's former prime minister Tom Thabane says the mountainous kingdom is not ready for elections, citing security concerns. Thabane said this In an interview with News24,

Thabane's remarks came after the country's King Letsie moved to dissolve parliament this week after Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, who is also the leader of the Democratic Congress (DC) party lost a confidence vote. This, consequently, paved  for an election within three months.

Mosisili had headed a coalition government since a snap election in 2015 that was called in an effort to end the country's prolonged power struggles.

But the coalition recently became fragmented, and parliament voted in favor  of Monyane Moleleki to replace Mosisili.

Thabane said that the dissolving of parliament by the country's monarch was "unfortunate".

He also said that organizing an election was going to be a costly exercise and could have been avoided if Mosisili had not "rushed to the King to call for an election