{"id":5110,"date":"2022-04-23T16:36:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T16:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pro-democracy-members-of-parliament-want-to-join-pudemo"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T18:31:19","slug":"pro-democracy-members-of-parliament-want-to-join-pudemo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pro-democracy-members-of-parliament-want-to-join-pudemo","title":{"rendered":"Pro-democracy Members of Parliament want to join PUDEMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Pro-democracy Members of Parliament(MPs) have contacted the Executive of the People\u2019s United Democratic Movement(PUDEMO) demonstrating an intention to join the political organization.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Press, one of MPs said he would prefer to remain an anonymous member of the organization for now since he represents Swazis who are affiliated to various political organizations in his Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will prefer to be an anonymous member of PUDEMO for now because I am an MP for my Constituency, it wouldn&#8217;t be the right thing to the declare my affiliation to a certain organization\u201d, said the MP.<\/p>\n<p>Reached for comments, Wandile Dludlu confirmed that some MPs approached them with an intention to join the political organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that some MPs approached us with an intention to join PUDEMO, the President will be handling that,\u201d he said.<\/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. Pro-democracy Members of Parliament(MPs) have contacted the Executive of the People\u2019s United Democratic Movement(PUDEMO) demonstrating an intention to join the political organization. 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