Africa-Press – Eswatini. The teacher who was accused of going against PUDEMO resolution on the general elections has since resigned from the political party.
Lucky Malaza told this publication that he had since resigned from the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO). Malaza was nominated at Sigcaweni Chiefdom for the position of Member of Parliament (MP). Sigcaweni is one of the communities under Gilgal Inkhundla, in the Lubombo Region. Malaza is contesting against Mayibongwe Gamedze, Mcolisi Gamedze and Sithembiso Mamba. His resignation from the proscribed organisation comes after PUDEMO took a stance against participating in the general elections. During the nominations stage of the general elections, the organisation, in a Facebook post, implied that it would deal with all their members who showed an interest and were nominated during the national exercise.
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In an interview with our sister publication, the Times Sunday, in the July 30 edition, PUDEMO National Spokesperson Maxwel Dlamini said their branches were compiling reports of the members who defied the organisation’s stance and a disciplinary process would be undertaken. One of the members of the party who somehow defied the stance was Malaza. The MP candidate stated that he had been a member of PUDEMO since he left high school. He hinted that he had been partaking in the past elections as a voter not as a candidate. To begin with, Malaza explained that despite the organisation’s stance, the general elections were individually contested and were not organisational. “I am participating as a community member of Sigcaweni, not as PUDEMO or its representative,” he said.
Malaza also stated that he was very much clear of the resolution that was taken by PUDEMO in terms of participation in the elections. He said since he saw the need to take part in the elections, yet the organisation was against it, he felt it was best to resign from the political party. “I cannot say I am with them anymore,” he said. In addition, Malaza said he was tired of sending people to Parliament through his vote yet his community was still lagging behind in terms of access to services. He said he believed that inasmuch as government had challenges in some areas of service delivery, he felt some of the services could have been available in his community, but the challenge was that the residents had limited access to information where some government services were concerned.
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