04
Apr
Hertta-Maria Amutenja Former parliamentarian and Swapo Party member, James Sankwasa, contends that those pushing for the party to organise an extraordinary congress are working against the party’s success in the imminent Presidential November elections. Sankwasa made this assertion on the ongoing debates revolving around the interpretation of the Swapo Party Constitution, particularly regarding the obligation to convene an extraordinary congress in the event of a leadership vacuum within 90 days. The position was left vacant following the death of President Hage Geingob on 4 February. “Those calling for an extraordinary congress do not want Swapo to come out as the…