Times Of Swaziland: No need to  write a Swazi  dictionary

No need to  write a Swazi  dictionary
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The editor on 10/08/2013 01:00:00


Sir,
There is no need to write a Swazi dictionary for the meaning of public officer
or office.
Whether the Swazi Constitution says it or not, Common Law has the final meaning
of the public officer / office and the opposite of these are private officer /
office.
Therefore, Cabinet Ministers of the Crown are public officers and occupying
public office and cannot be nominated while still in these positions and
offices.
How have Swazis now forgotten when the late Andreas Fakudze, Paul Shabangu and
Bheki Dlamini acted as Caretaker Premiers?
This was done to allow former Cabinet Ministers of the Crown to be nominated, if
they wanted.
Defending
Those who are defending the nomination of these ministers are merely trying to
defend their wrongs when drafting the Constitution and thus claiming that it
came from outer space.
Why are they making a mess of the elections? They are trying so hard to flout
all the electoral laws and cause confusion.
By the way, why are the people going for the maximum number of nominees in these
categories?
Could this be indicative of a process that does not have benchmarks of the
quality of the nominees?  Or are they driven by Circular No1 of 2010 and current
salaries of the politicians?
This has increased the expense of producing ballot papers, other logistics,
management and operations of the elections funds that should have been channeled
to projects to empower the community.
Mbho