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Friday, September 21, 2018

eSwatini,formerly known as Swaziland(Africa's last absolute monarch)goes to polls Friday Sep 21/09/2018


The African kingdom of eSwatini,formerly known as Swaziland, has gone to the polls that critics describe as a sham but supporters say are a unique blend of tradition and politics.

  More than 5 lakh registered voters will elect 55 parliamentarians to the House of Assembly on Friday Sep 21/09/2018

Political parties, however, are banned from the election.
 
King Mswati III, eSwatini's powerful monarch, will appoint the remaining 10 to make up the lower house of 65 representatives. The elected MPs will then choose 10 senators for the upper house, while the king will select 20 more.

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