tion: none; constitution of 6 September 1968 was suspended
12 April 1973; a new constitution was promulgated 13 October 1978,
but has not been formally presented to the people

Legal system: based on South African Roman-Dutch law in statutory
courts and Swazi traditional law and custom in traditional courts;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage: NA; note - no suffrage before September 1993; 55 of the
65 seats in the House of Assembly were filled by popular vote in the
elections of September and October 1993; of a population of less
than 1 million, the electorate numbered 283,693

Executive branch:
chief of state: King MSWATI III (since 25 April 1986) is a
hereditary monarch
head of government: Prime Minister Prince Jameson Mbilini DLAMINI
(since 12 November 1993); appointed by the king
cabinet: Cabinet; designated by the king

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament is advisory
Senate: consists of 30 members (10 appointed by the House of
Assembly and 20 appointed by the king)
House of Assembly: elections last held 26 September and 11 October
1993 (next to be held NA); results - balloting is done on a nonparty
basis; of the total of 65 seats, 10 are appointed by the king and 55
are elected by secret, popular vote; candidates for election are
nominated by the local council of each constituency and for each
constituency the three candidates with the most votes in the first
round of voting are narrowed to a single winner by a second round

Judicial branch: High Court, judges are appointed by the king;
Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the king

Political parties and leaders:
note: political parties are banned by the constitution promulgated
on 13 October 1978; illegal parties are prohibited from holding
large public gatherings
illegal parties: Peoples' United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), Mario
MASUKU; Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO), Benedict TSABEDZE;
Swaziland Communist Party (SWACOPA), Mphandlana SHONGWE; Swaziland
Liberation Front (FROLISA); Convention for Full Democracy in
Swaziland (COFUDESWA), Sabelo DLAMINI; Swaziland National Front
(SWANAFRO); Ngwane Socialist Revolutionary Party (NGWASOREP)

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA,
FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, PCA, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO,