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Eswatini - or Swaziland as some of its citizens still call it - held last Friday what should be called a reasonably competent charade of a legislative election.
The SEOM also noted that 'in an effort to be more inclusive,' the electoral commission targeted marginalised groups in its voter education. This was to 'encourage meaningful participation and representation' to achieve greater 'democratic consolidation' in line with SADC's Principles and Guidelines for elections.
Probably for this reason too, the Commonwealth Secretariat, despite being involved in past efforts to resolve the country's conflict, did not send an official observer mission. It did however deploy some election experts to report back to London on developments. Another analyst in Eswatini who ISS Today consulted believes this enthusiasm for the apparent normality of the elections may also have been motivated by public disapproval of the June 2021 violence.
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