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 | BCP and other opposition leaders were arrested, opposition parties were banned, and the constitution and parliament were suspended. |
| A second attempt by senior members of the BCP to oust Ntsu Mokhehle from leadership of the party prompted a constitutional crisis in June 1997, and the creation by Mokhehle of a new political party, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD). |
| The results were contested by the BCP and the runners-up in the election, the Basotho National Party (BNP), though they were declared free and fair by both the Lesotho Independent Electoral Commission and by international observers. |
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