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Africa-Press<\/a> – Namibia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Hage Geingob said he has noticed wavering Swapo members who are afraid to be identified as members of the party and are not wearing the party\u2019s colours.<\/p>\n

He said this at the Swapo Central Committee meeting held at the weekend to discuss the state and future of the party and amending resolutions, decisions and recommendations from the Political Bureau. He wasn\u2019t impressed with an attempt by the gathering at delivering a praise song for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cSing or don\u2019t sing\u201d he barked. \u201cThis is not Swapo,\u201d he said at one point. In a video that has gone viral, Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa said \u201cyou are dead\u201d, and echoed Geingob\u2019s notion that they should rather sit and not sing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome thought Swapo is apparently finished, and they say \u2018don\u2019t stay with Swapo\u2019. We are being accused that we were given votes by the electoral commission, then you say such a shameful thing,\u201d said Geingob.<\/p>\n

He referred to comments made by former Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chairperson Notemba Tjipueja over the disputed Ndonga Linena election, which was declared null and void and a recount ordered. Tjipueja said the electoral body wrongly declared Swapo candidate Kampota Shiwana as duly elected. The All People\u2019s Party (APP) succeeded in securing a court order that compelled the ECN to conduct a recount, which Swapo won again.<\/p>\n

He added that the party doesn\u2019t complain about the electoral commission, or polls, and they are being taken for granted. Geingob also railed against National Assembly members of the party, saying, \u201cwe are being humiliated. \u201cWe have 30 more members there. Swapo does not want to look like they are disrupting the procedures of parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are made to feel guilty as Swapo members; we are being taken for granted and humiliated. These things of being underdogs when you are not must stop. How can DTA people call us puppets and sellouts?\u201d asked Geingob. The lack of enthusiasm from members at the congress elicited remarks from the president like whether people are dead, and asking why there weren\u2019t any slogans being chanted.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when you are walking, it looks like you are finished. I travelled all the way [from the USA], and I look more fresh than you,\u201d he observed. Geingob reminded the Central Committee members of the party\u2019s constitution and oath that states members will \u201cpromote the aims, objectives and values of the party\u201d, and execute their duties with honesty, loyalty and dedication. State House yesterday released a statement, saying Geingob at no point said to members of the Central Committee \u201cto go to hell\u201d, and that the President was responding to another issue that was raised with him on the side, and the response was about that.<\/p>\n

He further emphasised the need for party members, including members of parliament, to engage on issues in the National Assembly and society with vigour and determination as opposed to the \u2018do as you choose\u2019 approach, which gives ascendancy to the opposition.<\/p>\n

At the meeting, Zambezi governor Lawrence Sampofu and former Kavango East governor Samuel Mbambo were sworn in as Central Committee members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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