Times Of Swaziland: WITHOUT CONSENT OF NATION

WITHOUT CONSENT OF NATION
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Editor on 13/02/2024 09:45:00


Sir,
Eswatini is at crossroads; there are those who want multiparty politics and
there are those who want tinkhundla. We have no knowledge of how many of the
multiparty advocates are there.
What is clear is that corruption and reckless spending have spear-headed the
call for multiparty politics yet in the majority, this is not a route people
want to take. Tinkhundla was and is a brilliant concept. The downside is that it
has been raped, abused and manipulated over the years against its intended
purpose. It has now shown the face of belonging to a few whereas that was not
the intention on inception.
Scrapped
Progressives claim that multiparty politics was scrapped in 1973 without the
consent of the nation but sadly, they now want to re-introduce multiparty
politics without the consent of the Eswatini nation. They must not use labour
organisations to push their agendas and claim support. Let labour issues and
political issues stand alone. It can be done and we have seen it being done in
various so-called democratic nations. In most cases the national strikes called
by labour organisations are not above board.
Violated
Workers’ rights are violated in that they are ordered to take part or face not
being represented should they encounter disciplinary actions at their places of
employment. Is that democracy?
In case I am misunderstood as someone who is in support of the current status
quo, let me quickly state that the situation in our country is not ideal.
Because of corruption, nepotism, reckless spending etc, we all want positive
change. Where we differ is in the method used to change the situation. Different
views are not tolerated by the so-called progressives and all sort of names are
labelled against a person who has different views from their own.
We, the ordinary emaSwati, demand that the fundamental human right to chose be
exercised and afforded. We are sick and tired of having a few individuals
discussing our political future. We are capable of solving our own problems. We
have become a laughing stock and this has to stop forthwith. I love Eswatini and
so do many of its citizens.