VOTING CHAOS AS NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP

From Swazi Media Commentary Mon May 27 2013, 11:04:00

Voter registration in Swaziland is in chaos - even the electoral board running the election does not know how many people are eligible to vote in the kingdom.

The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) announced it believed there were 600,000 people in Swaziland who would be eligible to vote.

EBC Chairman Chief Gija Dlamini confirmed the figure to theVoice of America radio. He said, 'From the statisticians, they gave us a population of 600,000 Swazis who are eligible to vote and we are targeting that number.'

But, Dlamini's estimate might be well wide of the true picture.

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