Parties: Government of Lesotho (Lesotho Congress for Democracy); opposition parties; Interim Political Authority (IPA)
Type: Intra-state
The October 1998 Agreement held that the opposing parties must work together in search for peace and solutions to the wide political problems in Lesotho. This included the establishment of a political structure, the Interim Political Authority (IPA), which was to facilitate this process by preparing in co-operation with the Government the country for fresh elections in a 15–18-month period. The IPA’s functions would include scrutiny of the present electoral model with a view to reforming it where necessary so that it would take account, in future elections, of every vote cast. Each of the political parties that contested the elections would have two representatives in the IPA.