BNF rejects Media Bill

TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer | Thursday July 24, 2008 00:00

 

In a statement containing resolutions from the party's acrimonious gathering in Jwaneng, the party commits itself to fighting media repression. 'The BNF rejects the Media Bill in its entirety,' announced the statement. On other issues, the party resolved that the embattled president, Otsweletse Moupo, should stay until 2010 when the party will elect his successor. The party has been struggling with heated factional differences between the pro-Moupo camp and their opponents who want him out.

The party condemns the recent Khama initiatives as unsustainable interventions that 'have not been subjected to proper thought'. 'The BNF calls for proper and sustainable interventions that can address unemployment and poverty in the long term,' states the statement.

The party argues that the policies are an inferior copy of the BNF's program, adding that because they are not correctly applied, they face no chance of success.

On its seeming endless internal troubles, the conference resolves to crack the whip on members who 'deliberately derailed the organisation including those who deliberately divulged party matters to the press'.

It further urged the party to engage in new methods of campaigning to take the party's policies to the electorate in preparation for the forthcoming general election.

The BNF further called for democratic changes in Swaziland condemning the monarchy that currently rules the country. 'There is no democracy in Swaziland,' the statement concluded, urging the nation and the region to help the country towards a democratic system.