[wanabidii] [NAI Forum] The people have voted – or not…

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'The people have voted – or not…'
by Henning Melber

Summary:

Namibia is now the arena of one-party dominance. This translates the slogan from
the struggle days that 'SWAPO is the nation and the nation is SWAPO' into
the dominant if not exclusive political culture.

While observers testify to free and fair elections, the latter seems to be a
relative if not dubious call. The party is the government and the government is
the state, which also keeps the electorate at bay.

President Geingob will not have an easy task. He might be the last president of
the first generation – who joined the anti-colonial movement in its founding
days and was in exile for more than a quarter of a century.

Given the overwhelming majority secured by the party and the personal power
vested in his office, it remains to be seen to which extent he translates the
political success into a success story for the Namibians.

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