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I’M NOT CONVINCED BY EBC’S CIVIC EDUCATION

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Let me first thank you for allowing me space in you widely read newspaper to express my disappointment at the Elections and Boundaries Commission, in particular their project of teaching the electorate how to elect constituency officers come 2018.


One will always thank government for coming up with this critical initiative to teach people out there and to further explain to them about the elections but I am not convinced.
My disappointment emanates from the timing of the EBC to carry out this project. We have been complaining to the EBC that politicians are in office for five years but once the elections are over, the commission takes too long to teach us.
Where were they all along for them to now decide to engage us for the 2018 elections?

The timing is wrong that is why they won’t teach but highlight issues like how to elect a person who is above 18 years with no criminal record. I am afraid there will not be enough time for them to carry out this project successfully. Swazis are still not in a good position to elect wisely except for a few.
About 85 per cent of them elect people because they would assist them with their problems and challenges.


We are not educated enough on elections because people are voting for individuals who are feeding them instead of voting for people who will bring development.
That will result in people electing individuals who will not deliver but will want to enrich themselves at the expense of impoverished Swazis out there.

 Ronnie Dlamini

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