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kingdom of Eswatini Communist Party campaigns for boycott of ‘farcical’ elections

THE Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) members Mvuselelo Mkhabela, 21, and Bongi Mamba, 28, who were allegedly arrested and tortured by the police last week, have resumed their campaign against the eSwatini parliamentary election scheduled for August in Africa’s last absolute monarchy.

“The parliament does not have any real power,” CPS international secretary Pius Vilakati told Peoples Dispatch.

“It does not make policy. It is only a tool used by the absolute monarchy to sanctify King Mswati’s decision. It does not even have the power to hold to account the executive, which

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