PUDEMO Rejects Swazi government’s attack on South African parliament The National Executive Committee (NEC) of PUDEMO discussed a number of concerning issues on the political state of affairs facing our country, Swaziland and in its session took special note of a number of issues. Amongst these issues was the consistent attack on the South African government by the tinkhundla regime, alleging immaturity and all sorts of names. In that regard, PUDEMO rejected with the contempt it deserves the attack by the illegitimate, corrupt and internationally discredited tinkhundla regime against the call by members of the South African parliament for a fact-finding mission to Swaziland to verify the internationally concerning issues about this country. We welcome the concerns and believe they are well placed. This is more heartening coming from a democratically elected government, which knows the importance of public accountability, transparency and the rule of law in dealing with public institutions. It is very hypocritical of the Swazi government to want to borrow money from the South African government, but refuse scrutiny on how the conditions under which the money shall be used, the purposes for which that money shall be used and the institutions in place for the efficient accountability of that money. The money belongs to the South African people and therefore, its the right of the South African public to know how those they elected shall use the money and for what purposes, hence the importance of the mission to verify all that. We call upon the South African government, parliament and all stakeholders, as well as other international bodies to intensify their efforts to establish facts for themselves concerning the exact state of affairs inside Swaziland. The world, particularly, SADC and the AU can not afford to remain silent, or passive about the crisis facing our country and the people of Swaziland in general. We particularly wish to register our decisive rejection of the royal selections disguised as national elections and commit to mobilise more towards a democratic multiparty dispensation and a people’s government in Swaziland. Statement issued by PUDEMO spokesperson Zakhele Mabuza email: pudemoinfo@gmail Facebook: PUDEMO Twitter: @PUDEMO Website: pudemo.org
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:36:26 +0000
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