Mokgatlho wa MELS mo Botswana

MELS Movement of Botswana
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President	Themba Joina
First Secretary	Mosalage Ditshoto
Founded	1984 as a study movement, 1994 as political party
Dissolved	2013
Merged into	Botswana Congress Party
Headquarters	Gaborone
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Maoism Anti-revisionism Pan-Africanism
Political position	Far-left

Mokgatlho wa MELS mo Botswana e ne e le phathi ya bokomonisi ya bo-Marxist-Leninist e e neng e le kgatlhanong le botlhabolodi mo Botswana e e neng e sena kemedi kwa palamenteng. Themba Joina, mmueledi yo o dirang, e ne e le tautona wa mokgatlho ono. Leina MELS le tswa mo go (Karl) Marx, (Friedrich) Engels, (Vladimir) Lenin le (Joseph) Stalin.

Ditso

MELS e ne ya tlhagelela jaaka setlhopha sa thuto se se tlhotlheleditsweng ke Mao Zedong le Bo-Aforika jotlhe, se se neng sa tlhongwa kwa Sekolong se Segolwane sa Shashe ka 1984. Mokwaledi-kakaretso yo o neng a se simolola e ne e le Christopher Phatshwe. Ditokomane tsa motheo tsa sepolotiki tsa mokgatlho di ne tsa kwalwa ke Christopher Phatshswe le Thomson Proctor. Makala a mokgatlho ono a ne a tlhamiwa kwa ditheong tse di farologaneng tsa thuto, jaaka Yunibesithi ya Botswana, Dikolo tsa Senior Secondary le dikholetšhe tsa katiso ya barutabana. Go ya ka Joina, setlhopha seno se ne se na le dikgolagano le Mokgatlho wa Boitemogo jwa Bantsho wa Azania (BCM(A)) le Khonkerese ya Pan-Africanist ya Azania (PAC) kwa Aforika Borwa e e mabapi mme balweladitshwanelo ba MELS ba ne ba amogela dikatiso tsa sepolotiki go tswa mo ditlhopheng tseno. Setlhopha sa MELS se ne sa itlhamela jaaka lekoko la sepolotiki ka 1994. Morago ga loso lwa ga Phatshwe, Mosalage Ditshoto o ne a nna mokwaledikakaretso yo mošwa wa lekoko. Go tloga ka 2008, Mpho Mokano o ne a dira jaaka mokwaledi wa bašwa wa lekoko.

Mokgatlho wa MELS o ne o buelela dipholisi tsa bososialise, o kopa gore go tshegediwe batho ba ba sa direng le go tlhoma Makgotla a a Emelang Baithuti go ralala naga.[7] Ba ne ba kgala puso ya Botswana Democratic Party ba re ke ya 'bokoloniale jo bošwa'.[7] Mabapi le dintlha tsa kgaolo, Mokgatlho wa MELS o ne wa ganetsa maemo a puso ya ga Ian Khama mabapi le seemo sa sepolotiki sa segompieno kwa Zimbabwe (o latofatsa puso ya Botswana ka go ema le Mokgatlho wa Phetogo ya Temokerasi mo dipolotiking tsa Zimbabwe).[8] Kwa khonferenseng ya ngwaga le ngwaga ya baemedi ba lekoko la 2011 kwa Molepolole, Joina o ne a kgala tlhaselo ya NATO kwa Libya mme a kopa Kopano ya Aforika go tsereganya.[9]

Ka nako ya ditlhopho tsa palamente tsa 1994, MELS e ne ya tsenela United Democratic Front, e leng kopano ya makoko a a neng a le kgatlhanong le BDP le BNF ka bobedi. Ga go na ntlhopheng ope wa MELS kgotsa wa UDF yo o neng a kgona go tlhophiwa.[10] Lekoko le ne la gaisana mo ditlhophong tsa kakaretso tsa 1999, mme la amogela fela diboutu di le masome a mabedi le bobedi (0.01% ya diboutu tsa bosetšhaba).[11] Pele ga ditlhopho, Joina o ne a bolela gore lekoko le ne le na le koloi e le nngwe fela ya letsholo mme ka jalo balweladitshwanelo ba lekoko ba ne ba tshwanelwa ke go tsamaya ka maoto go fitlhelela batlhophi.[12] Morago ga ditlhopho ntlhopheng wa Mokgatlho wa MELS mo kgaolongtlhopho ya Gaborone Bophirima, Ndiye Tlhatlogang, o ne a latofatsa Khomišene e e Ikemetseng ya Ditlhopho ka go sa dire dilo ka tshwanelo.[13]

Kwa ditlhophong tsa kakaretso tsa 2009, lekoko le ne la tlhagisa bontlhopheng mo dikgaolong tse nne tsa palamente le tse pedi mo dikgaolong tsa selegae. Ga go ope yo o neng a tlhophiwa.[14] Ka kakaretso lekoko le bone diboutu di le 292 (0.05% ya diboutu tsa bosetšhaba).[15] Lekoko le ne la tsenela ditlhopho tsa tlaleletso tsa 2010 kwa kgaolongtlhopho ya palamente ya Tonota Bokone, mme la tlhoma Mbayani Tshekedi Phalalo jaaka ntlhopheng wa lone.[16][17]

Lekoko leno le ne la kopana go nna Lekoko la Botswana Congress le le kafa molemeng wa bogare ka 2013.[18]