MBABANE: Convicted eSwatini pro-democracy Members of Parliament(MPs) Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube face more than twenty(20) years inside prison.
The MPs were found guilty of terrorism, sedition and murder this week by Judge Mummy Dlamini after King Mswati, an absolute Monarch,ordered their arrest on the aforementioned politically motivated criminal charges.
Judge Mummcy Dlamini who was allegedly ordered by the King to convict the MPs,is Mswati’s sister -in-law, the Judge has been manipulating the law throughout the trial.
Meanwhile, the Political Parties Assembly(PPA), a coalition of political parties in eSwatini has described the guilty verdict by Judge Dlamini as a miscarriage of justice
“The miscarriage of justice by Judge Mumcy J Dlamini on the verdict of Honourable Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube was expected. The incarceration of the Members of Parliament for doing their mandated duties by the executive arm of government was a clear interference into the legislative arm of government. Prince Judge Majahenkhaba Dlamini’s wife from the beginning to end served the interest of the royal house hold. Absolutism must be defeated,” reads a statement released by Thamie Hlatswako, the PPA Acting Head of Secretariat.
Mswati is using State security officers and/or the judiciary to silence dissenting voices.
Journalists, political activists, pro-democracy MPs and other human rights defenders are jailed for demanding democratic reforms or criticizing the King and his government.
Incarcerated MPs Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube.