Swaziland's elections board is sending out invitations to international bodies to come and observer the kingdom's election due later this year.
The kingdom has no option but to do this if it wants the international community to recognise the election as credible.
But, if the last election in 2008 is anything to go by, the kingdom will end up simply confirming what its autocratic ruler King Mswati III refuses to admit: Swaziland is not a democracy.
In 2008, the European Union did not even bother to attendthe election, declaring in advance of the poll that there was no need to visit since the election clearly was not democratic.
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