{"id":19395,"date":"2023-01-06T15:22:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/anc-re-affirms-support-for-pudemoswayoco-to-intensify-calls-for-democracy-in-eswatini"},"modified":"2023-01-06T15:22:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T15:22:03","slug":"anc-re-affirms-support-for-pudemoswayoco-to-intensify-calls-for-democracy-in-eswatini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/anc-re-affirms-support-for-pudemoswayoco-to-intensify-calls-for-democracy-in-eswatini","title":{"rendered":"ANC re-affirms support for PUDEMO,SWAYOCO to intensify calls for democracy in eSwatini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>The African National Congress(ANC) has re-affirmed its calls for democratic reforms in the Kingdom of eSwatini<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The ANC pledged to intensify its support for programs of progressive political and social movement in eSwatini particularly the People\u2019s United Democratic Movement(PUDEMO).The South African ruling party has been holding its 55th Policy and Elective Conference in the past weeks to discuss national issues including foreign policies among others.\u201cThe ANC together with its alliance partners should merge our solidarity campaigns on the basis of a commonly agreed framework of action.The ANC should intensify its support for programs of progressive political and social movement in eSwatini,such as the People\u2019s United Democratic Movement(PUDEMO), the Swaziland Youth Congress(SWAYOCO) among others,\u201d reads the ANC resolution in part.Reached for comments,Mlungisi Makhanya, the President of the People\u2019s United Democratic Movement(PUDEMO)welcomed the re-affirmation of support for PUDEMO by the South African ruling party.\u201cWe welcome the re-affirmation of that resolution by the ANC.You will recall that, that the resolution was taken even in the 54th National Conference in Nazarec in 2017 and what the 55th Conference has done, is to re-affirm that resolution.We have always known that the ANC as a party is not confused when it comes to a stance on Swaziland.We think this becomes even more important because it is re-affirmed at the time when the Deputy President of the Republic is said to be in Swaziland,and Tinkhundla is hell-bent on distorting it to suggest that the position of the South African ruling party is that of supporting Mswati\u2019s autocratic regime.So,we indeed, welcome it,\u201dsaid the PUDEMO President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. 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