DICTATOR MSVATI III WAS NOT WELCOME IN SERBIA

The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) is strongly protesting the visit of King Mswati III, the ruler of Eswatini, the last absolute monarchy in Africa, where all political parties are banned, human and women's rights are violated, and the government is not elected by the people in elections, but is appointed the king.

In Eswatini, whose name was Swaziland until 2018, large demonstrations were held between 2021 and 2023 demanding the abolition of the absolute monarchy, the lifting of the ban on political parties and the holding of fair and free elections, and that the state function as a parliamentary democracy. In these mass protests, in which the Communist Party of Swaziland played a significant role, more than 100 demonstrators were killed, and political activists, including communists, were persecuted and imprisoned. Many of them were forced to go underground to escape police repression under the dictatorial regime of Mswati the Third.

While the people of Swaziland live in poverty and have the highest rate of HIV infection, Mswati the Third enjoys a lavish life, with a fortune estimated at $200 million. On the other hand, 63% of the population lives on less than $1.25 a day.

Mswati the Third has 11 wives, and in 2001 he broke the law that prohibits sexual relations with girls under the age of 18, introduced to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. That's why he "punished" himself by confiscating one cow. He repealed this law in 2005, just a few days before he introduced his new fiancee, a 17-year-old girl, to the public.Mswati the Third is a dictator who terrorizes his own people and gets rich from their suffering. As such, he is not welcome in Serbia, whose people are known for their intolerance of tyrants and solidarity with the oppressed, such as the freedom-loving inhabitants of Swaziland.NKPJ points out that Serbia not only has no benefit from cooperation with a despotic regime that oppresses its people, but could also suffer damage. Namely, the Kingdom of Eswatini does not recognize Beijing, but maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, so the visit of Mswati the Third could threaten Serbia's friendly relations with the People's Republic of China.The NKPJ wholeheartedly supports the struggle of the people of Swaziland for democracy and basic human rights and stands in solidarity with the sister Communist Party of Swaziland, whose members are under constant repression by the dictatorial regime of Mswati the Third.Secretariat of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia 

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