Staff Reporter
ALLY Angula, one of the three independent candidates who was rejected today from participating as an independent presidential candidate after failing to acquire enough supporters in all 14 regions of the country, has said that her exclusion from the upcoming elections has not swayed her belief that she is destined to be president.
Angula first shot into the political limelight after she declared that she had a dream in which God told her she would become president.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) today announced that the submission process for political parties and independent candidates for the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections officially closed today and stated that Angula, alongside Jeremia Kaambo and Else Ndapandula Chen, was rejected as a presidential candidate, meaning that there will be no independent candidates for this year’s elections.
The Chairperson of the ECN, Elsie Nghikembua, said that the above candidates failed to meet the requirements of section 72(c) of the Electoral Act, as they did not have the support of at least 500 registered voters per region.
In an interview with Informanté, Angula remained committed to her goal of one day occupying the highest office in the country, adding that God’s message to her was very clear.
“I met another lady that nobody knew was contesting in the presidential elections as an independent candidate (Mrs Chen). She had a car with religious messages, and it said that Jesus is coming. I think God is moving in this election. His will shall be done, whichever way it happens. I don’t believe I am out of the race to become president. It is within my destiny. Before I leave this earth, I will become President of Namibia. The year I need to start was very clear. He used the late President Geingob to impart the message that I would become president, and this was his last term. This was the year I needed to contest. There is nothing that is different,” Angula said.
She added that Namibia is a country at a crossroads, and that most communities across the country face one overriding problem: a lack of income, or rather unemployment, which breeds other multi-dimensional problems such as a lack of proper housing, affordable healthcare, and utilities such as electricity.
Furthermore, she added that she was a guinea pig, as the ECN this year introduced a new electronic system which required independent candidates to acquire 7,000 supporters who are registered voters, with these names needing to be entered onto a system one by one. She said this had turned her into a data capturer rather than a presidential candidate, who should have been out there campaigning.
