# The Communist Party of Swaziland says it is concerned about the Southern African Development Community and its endorsement of what it calls the dictator King Mswati III and his Tinkhundla regime. This comes after SADC appointed Mswati as the deputy chairperson of the SADC Organ Troika. The party’s spokesperson Simphiwe Dlamini says Mswati rule in Swaziland is authoritarian and unacceptable, lacks political freedom, and suppresses meaningful participation by the people in the affairs of the country: