User:Vistorina 211056804/sandbox

SWAPO PRETENDS NO MORE
Only the hopelessly naive would still believe that presdent of Namibian has not privately but firmily endorsed the swapo vice president to succed him as Namibia'"s next head of state.The only qeustion remain is ,why?,but let us first sketch why we think presdent choice is a forgone conclusion,and this should not be confused with the possibility that vice presdent and presdent can still lose at the Swapo Congress in December. Prime minister had as strong a chance as vice presdent clinch the party vice presdent position at all the congress had he not pulled out of the race.Infact ,dare we say prime minister would have trounced Swapo vice presdent or any other candidate had presdent chosen him instead. As it is,all indications are that presdent has clearly told the citizen to either step aside support vice presdent or perhaps even both.Why else would prime minister have made such a massive political U-turn and disapoint his supporters in high structures of the party as well as on the street?He even declared that he woould support who ever presdent picked,there by giving a strong indication it was not him self.Besides,it does not sense that so much vividtalk of presdent calling most ,if not all the governors,to support the first Namibian prime minster is mere fabrication and psychological warfare by vice presdent and his team who knows that endorsement by the presdent is a massive door-opener. Prime minister ,in the mould of Swapo traditions,is more likely to listen to his principal than being at cross-purposes with his political master. We probably shall never know exactly what went on behind the scenes,but hopefully presisdent and Swapo can make the nation appreciate the decision about the future nation leader. Just what has informed president to away to from prime minister with whom he shares character traits in terms of ethical standards ,equitability and quite ,if ineffective ,manner of dealing with major political and administrative problems? Some speculate that president wants to cement a culture set former prisident to always pick the incumbent for any upward vacancy.Others believe president is out to disprove accusations by his own comrades (including Swapo vice president)that Swapo an Owambo party. And ,to be fair ,Swapo vice president has befitted from Swapo training and proven to be among the party most accomlished adiminstrators-Swapo vice president as well as well prime minister occupation of the officer of the prime minister after swapo vice president illuminates the first premiers administrative acumen.Various groups have claimed that SWAPO committed serious human rights abuses against suspected spies during the independence struggle. One of which includes the Breaking the Wall of Silence (BWS), which was founded by those detainees to press the SWAPO-government on the issue.[11][12] SWAPO denies serious infractions and claims anything that did happen was in the name of liberation. The stories of the detainees begins with a series of successful South African raids that made the SWAPO leadership believe spies existed in the movement. Hundreds of SWAPO cadres were imprisoned, tortured and interrogated.[13]It is argued that in the case of Namibian ex-fighters, long term psychological distress is different from a simple PTSD diagnosis because the survivor has almost invariably gone almost two decades without seeking treatment. Moreover, during this time, the ex-fighters have also been exposed to additional social and psychological stressors which, for a person not suffering from long-term psychological distress would only have a fleeting impact, but for a sufferer of long-term psychological distress, each life incident could reduce the survivor's resilience to trauma as well as triggering "flashbacks".[14]^ Treanor, Brian, Aspects of alterity: Levinas, Marcel, and the contemporary debate, Fordham University Press, 2006, p.41When Namibia gained its independence in 1990 SWAPO became the dominant political party, with its head, Sam Nujoma, elected as Namibia's first President. Nujoma had the constitution changed so he could run for a third term in 1999, but in 2004 he was replaced as the SWAPO presidential candidate by Hifikepunye Pohamba, who was described as Nujoma's hand-picked successor.[15][16]

Former Prime Minister Hage Geingob was elected to succeed Pohamba as Vice-President at the same congress,[17] and Minister of Justice Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana was elected as Secretary-General, becoming the first woman to hold that position. At the congress, Pohamba was renominated as SWAPO's presidential candidate for the 2009 election.[18] SWAPO is a full member of the Socialist International.[19] and was a member of the Non-Aligned Movement before the independence of Namibia.

REFRENCES
. Education, Assistance and Counselling for Empowerment (P.E.A.C.E.). http://www.peace.org.na/PEACE_Full%20Research%20Report%20of%20%27An%20Investigation%20into%20the%20lives%20of%20Namibian%20Ex-fighters%20fifteen%20years%20after%20Independence%27%20September%202005.pdf. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 15.^ "NAMIBIA: Election expected to be low-key". IRIN. 2004. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=44135&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=NAMIBIA. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 16.^ "Elections in Namibia". http://africanelections.tripod.com/na.html. Retrieved 2009-02-07. 17.^ "Nujoma succeeded by Pohamba", AFP (IOL), November 30, 2007. 18.^ "Namibia: Pohamba for 2009 polls", News24.com, December 4, 2007. 19.^ List of Socialist International parties in Africa