Swazi king’s newspaper editor says elections were “treason”

The chief editor of King Mswati III's newspaper, the Swazi Observer, has accused Swaziland's Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) of committing treason for its poor handling of the elections in the kingdom. Mbongeni Mbingo said that the EBC was “never ready” for the elections in the first place and that they should have been ready given the ample time they had to prepare. He then said what they have done is “treasonable” and added that the EBC could not be allowed to ruin the election.

The Swazi Observer is widely believed to be a mouthpiece for the Swazi monarchy and a propaganda tool, clearly signified in the fact that the paper forgot to mention that King Mswati appointed the EBC in 2008.

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