{"id":76917,"date":"2024-09-20T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/kauandenge-no-u-turn-on-electoral-college-manifesto-dates"},"modified":"2024-09-20T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:47:00","slug":"kauandenge-no-u-turn-on-electoral-college-manifesto-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/kauandenge-no-u-turn-on-electoral-college-manifesto-dates","title":{"rendered":"Kauandenge: No U-turn on electoral college, manifesto dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Amidst deepening cracks of division within the party, the Utjiua Muinjangue-led Nudo leadership appears undeterred, as they have now set the dates for the party\u2019s electoral college and manifesto launch.<\/p>\n

The dates were officially confirmed by the party\u2019s secretary general Josef Kauandenge, who said they will first hold their national executive committee meeting on 3 October before staging the all-important meeting of the party\u2019s national council on 4 October.<\/p>\n

The national council gathering will set the rules and procedures for the electoral college, which is slated for 5 October, and deliberate on whether the party will field a presidential candidate in the November elections, he shared.<\/p>\n

An electoral college is an intraparty election conducted by political parties participating in the National Assembly elections to come up with a list of 96 members who will contest for seats in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf everything goes according to plan, we want to launch our manifesto on the Sunday of 6 October in Windhoek. It will be discussed at the national council meeting whether we will field a presidential candidate or not,\u201d said the veteran politician.<\/p>\n

Cracks<\/p>\n

Last week, the Muinjangue-led faction instituted legal proceedings against members of a breakaway group over an array of alleged indiscretions, which include convening an illegal congress and unlawfully occupying the party\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n

The Nudo splinter group, which a few weeks ago elected former football administrator Barry Rukoro as the party\u2019s new president during a hastily-organised congress, has since been at loggerheads with the party\u2019s last democratically elected leadership under president Muinjangue.<\/p>\n

Rukoro was elected unopposed, as none of the other contesting candidates for the party\u2019s presidency showed up at the disputed congress.<\/p>\n

The Muinjangue-led group has also rejected that congress and all its outcomes.<\/p>\n

As things stand, and until the High Court pronounces itself on the legitimacy of the two factions, Nudo effectively has two leaders, with each claiming to be the authentic one.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, an unrepentant Rukoro has maintained that he will continue fighting for his legitimacy and the interests of the party, and will soon launch counter-legal proceedings against the other group.<\/p>\n

In July, despite splashing close to N$1 million, of which N$300 000 was reportedly borrowed to fill the budget deficit, Nudo failed to pull off an elective congress.<\/p>\n

That failure now has a huge financial and credibility cost, and further shattered the party\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n

The failed congress, for some members, has left what is being interpreted by certain quarters as a leadership vacuum.<\/p>\n

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