MP INSOLENT, IMMATURE AND DISRESPECTFUL - PM

MANZINI – Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini has referred to a member of Parliament as insolent, immature and disrespectful after falsely accusing him of treason.

The premier made the sobering remarks during the Royal Swaziland Police Service senior officers’ end of year function held at Mavuso Trade and Exhibition Centre yesterday.

Though he did not identify the MP by name, it should be noted that Nkwene MP Sikhumbuzo Dlamini, a police officer by profession during a run in with the prime minister stated that the nation during the People’s Parliament in 2016 said the prime minister was taking over State power and that MPs had not taken action.

During the function yesterday, the premier reminded attendants that this was an election year and as such, any officer who would be granted leave to serve in Parliament, should know that the Parliamentary Privileges Legislation was not in place to encourage reckless false and highly damaging statements for which they could not be held accountable.

“I refer in particular to the recent incident where an insolent, immature and disrespectful police officer was allowed to be on leave and become a member of Parliament and after being permitted by the Speaker to peak, he falsely accused me of treason.”

Dlamini said this was an offence, which is so serious that in other countries in the world, it carries a sentence of a death penalty.
“Nor should that parliamentarian make silly suggestions that our senior politicians should be given unarmed protection.”

He wondered if this man (the legislator) wanted to see anyone dead because the days when personal attacks could be repelled with fists and pieces of wood were sadly gone. The premier further stated that officers who want to stand for the upcoming national elections should seek for leave from the National Commissioner’s office and if they were lucky, they would be MPs for that certain period of time. He said even during that period, they would be expected to carry with them the police conduct and discipline.

Further expressing his disappointment, he said it was shocking when an officer, who was elected to Parliament turned to question why the prime minister was given armed bodyguards as he made some believe that he wanted to take the powers of the King.
“Does he want to the PM dead and after this has happened is the MP going to give the King another candidate?” he wondered.

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