Must we dialogue with terrorists? - Masuku

Samuels has implored government to consider engaging the pro-change formations as a means to end the brutal killings and the attacks on local businesses.

The senator pointed out that the country was falling apart and that no police could come to your home at night to assist you due these turbulent times the country was faced with.

“It may sound crazy but my opinion is that government should consider engaging the members of the political formations.

“They have a heart because they are human too and I ask that there must no longer be derogatory statements undermining them.

“I have personally engaged them on occasion and I know it is possible that we succeed to put an end to the killings and the violence taking place in our society,” advised Senator Samuels.

calm

Another, Senator Chief Ngalokhulu Mabuza asked his colleagues, what they had done themselves to calm down the situation in the country before turning to the prime minister with their questions.

Senator Mabuza wondered what they would gain by killing innocent citizens.

“You come to kill me as the head of the family but the biggest mistake that you will make is not killing all of my children and relatives.

“We are all interrelated in Eswatini and you can murder me but the relatives left behind will never sit down with you on the table to discuss any peace settlement,” the senator clarified.

Senator Masuku pointed out that when you are overwhelmed with fear, you are not in a condition to settle down for a dialogue either.

L- “Are we supposed to dialogue with those responsible of terrorism acts?”

This was a question posed by the Acting Prime Minister, Themba Nhlanganiso Masuku, when he was a delivering his responses after senators moved a motion without notice for him to explain what government was doing with regard to the escalating cases of violence and arson attacks. The acting PM told the senators that government was committed to having the dialogue as its budget had also been allocated.

Defiance

“To say that we are against the dialogue , would be in defiance to His Majesty the King. Government sentiments exactly are that it is not conducive to engage someone in dialogue when you are already

Arson cases have been turmoil in the country.

overwhelmed with fear. One chief recently has been executed and we wonder why he was killed,” the acting PM said. Furthermore, the acting PM implored the senators and the general members of the public to consider rebuilding the moral fibre in families as another way to restore the moral decay in society. He also pointed out

rife too amid the political

that there was no country that would prosper without security. “Hats off to the members of the Royal Eswatini Police Service as they are always committed to protect people and the country and I ask that every liSwati report any suspicious activity. Don’t habour criminals who will kill your neighbour the following morning,” pleaded Masuku .