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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>while civil society flags ECN\u2019s planning, cost of ballot tender<\/p>\n

Several political party representatives who are in South Africa to monitor the production of ballot papers say the process has no transparency and lacks integrity.<\/b><\/p>\n

The production of ballot papers for the November presidential and National Assembly elections was concluded on Sunday by South African close corporation Ren-Form.<\/p>\n

Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters spokesperson Teresa Hamurenge says the process was not as smooth and transparent as they had hoped.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur commissioners have given us so much doubt and we do not trust the process that has actually taken place here,\u201d Hamurenge says.<\/p>\n

She says the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) did not communicate the programme of the trip with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continued asking for a programme, but they refused to give us a programme. They were just prolonging it, behaving as if they are talking to little kids that are not educated about what they are requesting. And without that programme, we couldn\u2019t really keep an eye on how everything was happening,\u201d Hamurenge says.<\/b><\/p>\n

Hamurenge also says they did not observe the ballot packaging process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to the packaging, we can never really tell that everything inside there is all our ballet papers,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

National Unity Democratic Organisation deputy secretary general, Joseph Uapingene, says the printing, packaging and destruction of waste was done under Ren-Form\u2019s company protocol, which did not allow the political party representatives ample time to observe the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom our view, knowledge and expectations, I will say the process was not transparent and lacked integrity. We always agreed on the daily process, but then we found things done contrary or apparently according to company protocols and practices,\u201d Uapingene says.<\/p>\n

Uapingene says they had to finalise the process for the sake of democracy and time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order for this election to be free, fair and transparent, our political parties must deploy competent election observers to make sure that everything is done in a very transparent way and to verify whether the correct ballot papers were used as per the schedules after the election,\u201d Uapingene says.<\/p>\n

Ivan Skrywer from the Landless People\u2019s Movement has also raised concerns over the ballot printing process for the upcoming elections, alleging procedural flaws.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to procedure, parties must place their seals on the ballot boxes or any instrument used to store the ballot papers. However, to our knowledge, we were not informed that the processes of binding, packaging and signing off were done [correctly] over the weekend,\u201d Skrywer says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are, therefore, unable to place our party seal on any of the ECN documents or instruments. Doing so would amount to validating a process we did not fully verify. The entire observation process in South Africa was flawed, and serious concerns remain about the integrity of the ballot paper printing and production,\u201d Skrywer adds.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the ECN says it will issue a comprehensive response.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will provide a comprehensive statement addressing all these issues which will be delivered to the media,\u201d ECN spokesperson De Wet Siluka says.<\/p>\n

TIMELINE AND COST<\/p>\n

The ECN is facing criticism for a series of delays and cost escalations in the procurement of ballot printing services for the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch of the latest procurement tracker, Frederico Links, a research associate at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), drew attention to ECN missing key timelines outlined in its procurement plan and that the contract was inflated with a 116% increase from its initial cost estimation.<\/p>\n

The ECN\u2019s annual procurement plan, dated 12 April 2024, set 25 July as the start date for ballot printing bids, while its electoral calendar, issued on 23 April, pushed this to 1 August.<\/p>\n

However, bids only opened on 10 September, well past both deadlines. Citing fears of late ballot delivery, the ECN cancelled the process on 7 October, two days before the submission deadline of 9 October.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ECN had failed to adhere to its own timelines and deadlines … at the same time, it should be noted that the existence of different timelines for the same process in different ECN documents suggests incoherent planning and a lack of synchronising plans and activities,\u201d Links said. Links said ECN\u2019s poor planning led to the decision to cancel the international bidding process and hand-pick a contractor.<\/b><\/p>\n

Graham Hopwood<\/p>\n

Frederico Links<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they had started on 25 July, as indicated in their annual procurement plan, the emergency procurement would have been avoided,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Links further called on the ECN to provide clarity on the cost escalation of the contract from what had been estimated to what will actually be paid.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on 18 October, the ECN announced that the contract cost is N$6 259 686, more than double the N$2 904 000 estimated in the procurement plan to print the ballot papers.<\/p>\n

The difference between these two figures is N$3 355 686, which itself is almost N$500 000 more than the ECN\u2019s initial estimated cost of the ballot printing contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe actual contract value is 116% more than what had been estimated. Once again, the difference between the estimated cost and actual cost of printing ballot papers points to questionable planning and costing of activities,\u201d Links said.<\/p>\n

IPPR director Graham Hopwood, speaking at the launch, expressed concerns about the ECN\u2019s rushed approach to the 27 November elections, despite doubts regarding the integrity of the process.<\/p>\n

He urged the ECN to be transparent about various issues being raised by the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ECN seems intent on bulldozing through everything for the 27 November elections, no matter what doubts might be cast on the integrity of the process and that is a big concern, I think, and that\u2019s why I was saying the ECN must now come forward and come clean on a lot of issues,\u201d Hopwood said.<\/p>\n

Hopwood noted that concerns over potential excess ballots could lead to risks of ballot stuffing, a common election rigging tactic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have doubts about the integrity of the printing of the ballot papers and you have the possibility of excess ballot papers, it also raises the issue of possible ballot box stuffing. We are not saying that is going to happen, but it is something that we are vulnerable to because there are now doubts about the integrity of the printing process,\u201d Hopwood said.<\/b><\/p>\n

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