Africa-Press – Namibia. The United Democratic Front Youth League (UDFYL) acting secretary general, Michael Skini says that their party will support its own presidential candidate in 2024.
According to Skini, UDF is an independent, democratic political party, which has capable members that can lead the country as a president. Therefore members of UDF will be voting for their own presidential candidate. “We will not vote for any presidential candidate whether it’s for Swapo, PDM or any other political party,” Skini said.
In 2013, UDF president Justus //Garoeb called upon UDF’s supporters to back Swapo’s presidential candidate, Hage Geingob, because he was a Damara.
Geingob distanced himself from the comments made by //Garoeb, who has been a chief since the 1980s.
Skini, UDFYL chairperson Simson Ochurub, UDF secretary general Hage Gawaseb, Mampriet.J. Nuseb from Otavi, UDFYL secretary
Melissa !Aebes from Swakopmund, Raynold Khoseb from Okahandja, Patience !Hoaes from Khorixas, Mabasen /Narib from Swakopmund and UDF president Apuis !Auchab attended the meeting where ! Auchab gave the opening speech.
Ochurub told The Namibian that the UDFYL is busy with a facelift for the party and to achieve ‘golden results’ , all regional branches have to play a role.
This was a second meeting undertaken by the UDFYL leadership this year, with the aim being to execute resolutions taken at a consultative meeting held in 2018 in Usakos and to prepare for 2024 and 2025 elections. Ochurub refused to shed more light on what the resolutions were.
The interim working committee of the UDFYL met at Otavi last Saturday.
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