Namibian President Hage Geingob on Saturday registered Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the candidate of the ruling Swapo party in next year’s elections.
In his address to the party’s highest organ, the president called on party members to support Ms Nandi-Ndaitwah when the official campaign begins next year.
Nandi- Ndaitwah is the party’s vice president and the country’s current deputy prime minister.
“The election has been held, we have the result that there will be only one candidate, that is my friend Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and we will campaign and we have someone who will lead us,” said President Geingob.
He also urged Swapo members not to create factions from the party’s nomination results.
President Geingob must step down next year after serving two terms. He was first elected in November 2014.
Swapo has led Namibia since independence and remains the country’s largest political party.
But his popularity has recently waned amid growing discontent over unemployment and corruption linked to senior party officials.
The party lost its two-thirds majority in parliament in the last general election in 2019. The party also lost control of key municipalities, including the capital Windhoek, the port cities of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, and several regional councils.
Source: BBC
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