{"id":37599,"date":"2023-11-09T07:21:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T07:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=37599"},"modified":"2023-11-09T06:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T06:43:07","slug":"mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law","title":{"rendered":"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Lobamba MP Michael Masilela has apologised to His Majesty the King for challenging the eligibility of MPs who lost the elections to stand for Senate election.<\/b><\/p>\n

Masilela was speaking at Mandvulo Grand Hall when newly-installed Members of Parliament (MPs) and senators introduced themselves to the King. The legislators were also allowed to speak for three minutes to state their ambitions for the new term. Masilela said before he could say anything, he felt the urge to apologise to the King for his follies.<\/p>\n

Forgives<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI know the King is a Christian and he forgives. I sincerely ask for forgiveness for that case that was eventually widely publicised in courts. It was uncouth of me to challenge something that had been done by the King. When the King has issued a law, who am I to challenge it the way I did. Shwele Wena Wekunene. Intfo leyentiwe yinkhosi awuhambi uyeneka etinkantolo,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, MP Masilela also said there was a serious error in the enactment of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), in that this piece of legislation says it can be implemented in retrospect. He said legislators made an error in judgement by allowing the law to be effected in retrospect. He also said it targeted people who grew cannabis.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. Lobamba MP Michael Masilela has apologised to His Majesty the King for challenging the eligibility of MPs who lost the elections to stand for Senate election. Masilela was speaking at Mandvulo Grand Hall when newly-installed Members of Parliament (MPs) and senators introduced themselves to the King. The legislators were also allowed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-37599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"\nMP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lobamba MP Michael Masilela has apologised to His Majesty the King for challenging the eligibility of MPs who lost th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lobamba MP Michael Masilela has apologised to His Majesty the King for challenging the eligibility of MPs who lost th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-09T07:21:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1256\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"834\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-09T07:21:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law\"},\"wordCount\":233,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law\",\"name\":\"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW - Eswatini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-09T07:21:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Lobamba MP Michael Masilela has apologised to His Majesty the King for challenging the eligibility of MPs who lost th ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg\",\"width\":1256,\"height\":834,\"caption\":\"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW - Eswatini","description":"Lobamba MP Michael Masilela has apologised to His Majesty the King for challenging the eligibility of MPs who lost th ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW","og_description":"Lobamba MP Michael Masilela has apologised to His Majesty the King for challenging the eligibility of MPs who lost th ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law","og_site_name":"Eswatini","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-11-09T07:21:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1256,"height":834,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW","datePublished":"2023-11-09T07:21:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law"},"wordCount":233,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eswatini","Eswatini"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law","name":"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW - Eswatini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-09T07:21:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Lobamba MP Michael Masilela has apologised to His Majesty the King for challenging the eligibility of MPs who lost th ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1699499374.921809.jpg","width":1256,"height":834,"caption":"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/mp-masilela-apologises-to-king-for-challenging-election-law#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MP MASILELA APOLOGISES TO KING FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION LAW"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/","name":"Eswatini","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}