Members
of parliament and senators in Swaziland have admitted publicly that they do not
understand much of the work they do and have signed at least 20 international
conventions without scrutinising them.
This
emerged during a workshop aimed at educating lawmakers about the importance of
the international protocols and how they come into being.
International
protocols include conventions, treaties, charters and declarations. Once they
have been ratified, the King would then sign them so that they form part of the
laws of the country.
The
Swazi Observer reported (27 April
2017) that MPs ‘admitted
that they did not know what they were doing when they passed 20 international
protocols last year’.
It added,
‘The lawmakers blamed this all on the fact that they were never educated on
what the international protocols were. They also could not understand the
importance of such instruments to the people of the country.’
In
Swaziland political parties are not allowed to contest elections. The
government is picked by King Mswati III, who rules as sub-Saharan Africa’s last
absolute monarch None of the 30 members of the Swazi Senate are elected by the
people.
See also
UN
PROBES SWAZILAND ON HUMAN RIGHTS
http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2017/04/un-probes-swaziland-on-human-rights.html
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