{"id":34419,"date":"2022-11-23T16:38:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-weeds-out-illegal-delegates"},"modified":"2022-11-23T17:13:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:13:12","slug":"swapo-weeds-out-illegal-delegates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-weeds-out-illegal-delegates","title":{"rendered":"Swapo weeds out \u2018illegal\u2019 delegates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Swapo legal guru Albert Kawana has been instructed to scrutinise and verify congress delegates\u2019 list after some names were mysteriously inserted or removed.<\/p>\n

What is clear is not all names on the list are legitimate.<\/p>\n

Only those vetted by Kawana and his team will ultimately be eligible to attend what is expected to be a watershed congress.<\/p>\n

The move to deploy Kawana\u2019s legal microscope was taken at a protracted central committee (CC) meeting on Monday, people familiar with the meeting confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main issue is the illegal delegates who were elected to the congress. Kawana was tasked by CC to rectify the matter and establish whether the affected delegates are indeed district executive members (DEC) or regional executive members (REC),\u201d a CC source said.<\/p>\n

At the height of the Swapo internal campaigns last month, information minister Peya Mushelenga complained that the list of congress delegates had been altered, with some names mysteriously vanishing into thin air. \u201cIt has been complained that some names of some delegates have been removed from the delegates\u2019 list without their knowledge or the knowledge of district coordinators, and replaced with the so-called \u2018alternate delegates\u2019,\u201d Mushelenga, a 20-year CC member flagged at the time.<\/p>\n

According to Swapo\u2019s procedures, delegates to congress are either drawn from the DEC or REC.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome regions like Otjozondjupa, \/\/Kharas and some districts in Kavango East and Oshikoto have already rectified their mistakes of placing none REC or DEC members on the list of delegates to the congress,\u201d the source continued.<\/p>\n

According to insiders, districts in Kavango East (Rundu Rural) where the legitimate branch mobiliser was allegedly swapped with a non-REC\/DEC and Kabbe North district in Zambezi, have been placed under Kawana\u2019s lenses.<\/p>\n

Down south, the Hardap delegation has also been fingered as a cause of concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut their case is different from the rest because their affected members were elected during their regional conference meeting, where some CC members felt they didn\u2019t follow the party constitution,\u201d another CC member, who also preferred anonymity, added.<\/p>\n

The CC, it is said, agreed that no new cases will be entertained, as it dealt only with those who were already submitted to secretary general Sophia Shaningwa\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe secretary general is expected to hand over all the complaint letters to Kawana and his team of regional coordinators to rectify the mistakes as a matter of urgency,\u201d the CC member said.<\/p>\n

The wings likely to be affected by yesterday\u2019s verifications were the party\u2019s youth league and the women\u2019s council. Efforts to get hold of Kawana were fruitless, as his cell phone went unanswered prior to going for print.<\/p>\n

Numbers game<\/p>\n

On Firday, Swapo\u2019s leader President Hage Geingob will lead the 85-member CC for the last time before it is dissolved.<\/p>\n

It is the party\u2019s highest decision-making body between congresses.<\/p>\n

New CC members will be elected at congress.<\/p>\n

Additionally, a congress delegates\u2019 list obtained by New Era shows 777 party loyalists will decide Swapo\u2019s leadership fate for the next five years.<\/p>\n

The delegates are drawn from all corners of the country, with each of the 121 constituencies represented by four people.<\/p>\n

In Swapo\u2019s diction, this is called a \u2018district\u2019. The 14 regions will each dispatch a contingent of 10 representatives to congress. Both numbers make up a region\u2019s total.<\/p>\n

Bodies affiliated to the ruling party as well as its wings will also be represented.<\/p>\n

The Swapo Party Women\u2019s Council will send 20 delegates, while the Swapo Elders Council will deploy 16 cadres.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the young Turks \u2013 Swapo Party Youth League \u2013 will be represented by a 16-member delegation at the congress.<\/p>\n

The National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) and newly- established Former Plan Combatants\u2019 Association (FPCA) will also send 16 delegates each.<\/p>\n

Delegates will convene in Windhoek this weekend to elect a new Swapo leadership for the next five years.<\/p>\n

While Geingob will continue as party president uncontested, the party\u2019s vice president will become Swapo\u2019s candidate for the 2024 presidential elections.<\/p>\n

The position is contested between Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and environment minister Pohamba Shifeta. The powerful portfolio of secretary general, incumbent Sophia Shaningwa, takes on the party\u2019s Oshikoto coordinator Armas Amukwiyu.<\/p>\n

For deputy secretary general, former Cabinet minister Uahekua Herunga, Kavango West Swapo coordinator David Hamutenya as well as Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele contest against each other.<\/p>\n

Parliamentarian Lucia Witbooi, who was also vying for the deputy secretary general position, withdrew from the \u201ccrowded\u201d race on Monday.<\/p>\n

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