Eswatini's Tinkhundla-Based Electoral System to Be Tested in Potentially Groundbreaking Court Case

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With only about a month to polls, an eSwatini (Swaziland) political party is going to court to fight for the right of individuals running in the absolute monarchy's unusually apolitical elections to openly and freely associate with the party of their choice.

In July, a small team of lawyers was turned away from the high court in Mbabane on technicalities. They didn't have a chance to argue their case for the right of candidates running for office in the upcoming elections to be allowed to publicly associate with a political party.

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