{"id":75403,"date":"2024-08-22T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/theofelus-eyes-swapo-pot-on-unions-ticket"},"modified":"2024-08-22T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:33:00","slug":"theofelus-eyes-swapo-pot-on-unions-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/theofelus-eyes-swapo-pot-on-unions-ticket","title":{"rendered":"Theofelus eyes Swapo pot on union\u2019s ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of information and communication technology Emma Theofelus is allegedly hoping to secure a place in the Swapo \u2018pot\u2019 with the help of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW).<\/b><\/p>\n

This comes after Theofelus missed the chance to go to the Swapo electoral college, also known as the pot.<\/p>\n

The minister yesterday confirmed she would attend the electoral college, but did not shed light on the union\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I can say is I am going to the electoral college, I am a delegate,\u201d she said.<\/b><\/p>\n

Theofelus said she has been using the NUNW logo, because it is affiliated to Swapo.<\/p>\n

The party will elect 96 members to represent it in the National Assembly for 2025 to 2029 at the electoral college, which will take place from 6 to 8 September.<\/p>\n

The delegates to the electoral college are all Swapo central committee and National Assembly members, and are elected from each region through regional conferences.<\/p>\n

The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL), the elder\u2019s council, the NUNW and the Former Plan Combatants Association will nominate six candidates each.<\/p>\n

Joseph Diescho<\/p>\n

The Swapo Party Women\u2019s Council will nominate 10 candidates.<\/p>\n

For a member to qualify for nomination as a delegate, they have to be in possession of a Namibian identification document, voter\u2019s card, five years\u2019 uninterrupted party membership, five years\u2019 good standing in paying their annual membership subscription fees, five years\u2019 good standing in paying a 1% contribution, and a certificate of good conduct from the police not older than six months.<\/p>\n

\u2018ILLOGICAL\u2019<\/p>\n

Political analyst Ben Mulongeni says politicians tend to force themselves into structures they don\u2019t belong in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen people who would go to the \u2018pot\u2019 through constituencies they do not belong to. Someone can come all the way from Windhoek to want to be sent from Omaheke,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Political analyst Joseph Diescho says it is illogical that the minister goes to the electoral college on the ticket of a union of which she is not a leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe logic that was used by the late president Hage Gaingob to steamroll Emma Theofelus into the National Assembly and later into the Cabinet was youth representation,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

In the absence of that youth representation she has no mandate to go to the pot as a political leader, says Diescho.<\/p>\n

\u201cLest we forget that even at the time she was wheelbarrowed into parliament there were unhappy voices from the youth formations. This is an unfortunate, bad and wrong way to exercise democracy by borrowing seats for purposes of satisfying political ambition,\u201d he says.<\/b><\/p>\n

Diescho says elections are essential for democracy, but relying on outdated practices can jeopardise the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cFactionalism and campaigning is on the menu of Swapo politics of the belly. When the centre does not hold, things fall apart,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Rui Tyitende<\/p>\n

Political analyst Rui Tyitende says questions need to be raised as to how Theofelus managed to enter through the \u201cback door\u201d of the NUNW.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it is true, it means she has been rejected by SPYL for having ascended to the National Assembly and subsequently being appointed a minister without having gone through the SPYL structures,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SPYL has an axe to grind as they always thought of her appointment as a non-voting member of the National Assembly by president Geingob as a vote of no confidence in the SPYL leadership,\u201d Tyitende says.<\/b><\/p>\n

He urges the NUNW to clarify how the minister managed to make it through the union, as women in positions of power and leadership are at times perceived to have ascended through bribes, politics of the bedroom and outright conspiracies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the court of public opinion, this does not bode well for young women who have entered the policymaking space through merit,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u2018UNFAIR\u2019<\/p>\n

Political analyst Johannes Coetzee says the move is unfair to those leading the union.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t auger very well for support from the workers\u2019 side to vote for the Swapo ticket in the next upcoming elections,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question is: What has she done for the workers in Namibia? I don\u2019t know of anything substantial,\u201d he says.<\/b><\/p>\n

He says factionism in the party has an influence.<\/p>\n

NUNW secretary general Job Muniaro could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

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