Democracy in Namibia seems to have come to an end just 24 years after it started. The latest news in the Namibian forebodes a Dictatorship. Far reaching changes to the Constitution are envisaged by Prime minister Hage Geingob, who is slated as the next President.
These changes are to be implemented ahead of the elections in November. The urgency seems to be grounded in the fear of opposition from inside his own SWAPO party. Opposition from the side of the people is totally ignored, as they have already effectively been excluded from having any voice in decision making at all. For confirmation of this I refer back to my third post on this blog.
The envisaged changes vest even more power in the president than what he already has. The most detrimental of these envisaged changes are:
1. the exclusion of smaller parties from government
2. regional powers to be given to governors appointed by president
3. the independence of the judiciary being jeopardized
4. the review powers of the National Council to be limited
URGENT APPEAL TO DONOR COUNTRIES
Since there is no way left for the people to stop these changes from being implemented, I herewith make AN URGENT APPEAL to international donors to immediately put on hold any and all donations and grants to our country, until the implementation of these changes have been abandoned.
APPEAL TO MY READERS
Since this is a matter of urgency and the hands of the Namibian people are bound by uneducated choices made previously, I appeal to you who read this to please share and promote this post as much as you can, in the hope of at least reaching some of the donors, as I don't know them.
These changes are to be implemented ahead of the elections in November. The urgency seems to be grounded in the fear of opposition from inside his own SWAPO party. Opposition from the side of the people is totally ignored, as they have already effectively been excluded from having any voice in decision making at all. For confirmation of this I refer back to my third post on this blog.
The envisaged changes vest even more power in the president than what he already has. The most detrimental of these envisaged changes are:
1. the exclusion of smaller parties from government
2. regional powers to be given to governors appointed by president
3. the independence of the judiciary being jeopardized
4. the review powers of the National Council to be limited
URGENT APPEAL TO DONOR COUNTRIES
Since there is no way left for the people to stop these changes from being implemented, I herewith make AN URGENT APPEAL to international donors to immediately put on hold any and all donations and grants to our country, until the implementation of these changes have been abandoned.
APPEAL TO MY READERS
Since this is a matter of urgency and the hands of the Namibian people are bound by uneducated choices made previously, I appeal to you who read this to please share and promote this post as much as you can, in the hope of at least reaching some of the donors, as I don't know them.
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