WE CANNOT VOTE OUT KING – PM

LOZITHA – Prime Minister (PM) Cleopas Sipho Dlamini has said the position of His Majesty King Mswati III was not up for a vote.

The PM said by virtue of being a leader of the country under a monarchy, the King was exonerated from any vote of approval by anyone. He echoed Reverend Madudu Mabuza’s sermon, where he mentioned that the King was respected by God. “Rev Mabuza, your majesty mentioned that the position of a King is not a voted position but one that was there before anything else. The monarchy is not made by the constitution, but the Constitution recognises the position of Ingwenyama as the King.

Relies on Constitution

“This is not similar to our positions with the DPM which relies on the Constitution. The position of a King is the fabric of the nation and in the event the people want to change the constitution, they go back to the King for an endorsement of the repeal. In other words, we cannot vote out the king or suspend his position,” said Dlamini. The PM further stated that emaSwati were a peculiar nation and were different from any other nation in the world. He said the prayer service was one of the things that made the nation. He added that the service was an example of how the nation feared God and respected culture and tradition as it precedes the resumption of the traditional calendar.

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