Editing Eswatini (section)

===Monarchy===
Eswatini is an [[absolute monarchy]] with constitutional provision and Swazi law and customs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.sz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=170&Itemid=209 |title=Our governance |publisher=Gov.sz |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref> The [[head of state]] is the king or ''[[ngwenyama]]'' (lit. ''lion''), currently King Mswati III, who ascended to the throne in 1986 after the death of his father King Sobhuza II in 1982 and a period of regency. According to the country's constitution, the [[ngwenyama]] is a symbol of unity and the eternity of the Swazi nation.<ref name=Const05>[http://www.gov.sz/images/stories/Constitution%20of%20%20SD-2005A001.pdf The Constitution of The Kingdom of Swaziland Act, 2005], Chapter 1, Section 4(2)</ref> By tradition, the king reigns along with his mother (or a ritual substitute), the ''[[ndlovukati]]'' (lit. ''she-''e''lephant''). The former was viewed as the administrative head of state and the latter as a spiritual and national head of state, with real power counterbalancing that of the king, but during the long reign of Sobhuza II, the role of the ''ndlovukati'' became more symbolic.<ref>{{cite web |date= 19 March 2022|title=Choosing a King |url=https://www.gov.sz/index.php/about-us-sp-15933109/who-we-are/chosing-a-king |access-date= 19 March 2022|website=The Government Of the Kingdom Of Eswatini}}</ref>

The king appoints the prime minister from the legislature and also appoints a majority of senators and a minority of legislators to the lower chamber of the [[Parliament of Eswatini|Libandla]] (parliament) with help from an advisory council. The king is allowed by the constitution to appoint some members to parliament to represent special interests. These special interests are citizens who might have been electoral candidates who were not elected, or might not have stood as candidates. This is done to balance views in parliament. Special interests could be people of a particular gender or race, people with disabilities, significant members of the business community, civic society, scholars, and chiefs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Constitution of the Kingdom of Eswatini 2005 |url=https://constitutions.unwomen.org/en/countries/africa/eswatini?provisioncategory=f62f03f36c6d49a49d805689c0f00a82 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=constitutions.unwomen.org}}</ref>