Tuesday, 19 July 2016

#Swaziland: MSWATI III Cannot Lead SADC!! - Joint PUDEMO/SSN Statement

Dated 18/07/2016

The Peoples United Democratic Movement [PUDEMO] and Swaziland Solidarity Network [SSN] would like to pass their heartfelt gratitude to all the South Africans, and Swazis who attended the seminar on SADC, the prospect of Mswati becoming a chairperson of SADC and what needs to be done. As much as the seminar was scheduled during a working day, the attendees found it significant enough to take off from work to attend. For this we thank you all for making such a big sacrifice to lend your opinions and expertise on how the region should approach the future, as Mswati III has become the regular shame on insisting to hold on to the past for the sole purposes of using the state of Swaziland to loot the hard-earned resources of the people of Swaziland while above 60% of the nation lives in abject poverty, while in the process lending his autocracy to making the region look like a stronghold of dictators.

The seminar was not only to address the issue of a dictator becoming a chairperson of a supposed democratic institution, but to build a permanent South African Movement to serve as an inspiration to the Swazi people that in times when the repression is hardest and security forces prowl the streets of Swaziland to clamp down on dissent, that the South African Movement can on a regular bases fill conference rooms and the streets to once again highlight the Swazi situation, because shamefully ironic is the reality that next door to one of the most robust former liberation movements still exists the brainchild of apartheid regime years after it has been defeated in South Africa.


Judging by the attendance of the seminar which was responded to way beyond our expectations, communicates that both South Africans and Swazis are anxious to deal with the Swazi issue and finally do away with a dictatorship that has been nothing but dead weight to the region. Our strategy of not focusing much on the international community in regard to the seminar on SADC was so that as Swazis and South Africans we shoulder first ponder on this issue as we are literally brothers and sisters, and thereafter call upon the international community when we have shown that as members of the region we are very much willing to confront our issues before we call up the international community for further assistance. In the near future we will be engaging our international friends, who in the past have responded inspiringly, and give a directive on what needs to be done.

As part of the campaigns to address the issue of what needs to be done on the issue of institutionalizing dictatorship in the region, it was resolved that on top of the number of campaigns that are planned by PUDEMO, SSN and civil society, that there will be a counter summit that to balance the story and espouse on the hypocrisy and the promotion of repression presently ongoing within SADC.

Issued by the Peoples United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) and Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN)

For more information please call comrade Lucky Lukhele. Cell: 072 502 4141

Or
Brian Ntshangase (PUDEMO National Spokesperson). Cell: 081 091 2364 


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