{"id":266270,"date":"2019-05-14T13:40:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T11:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266270"},"modified":"2019-05-15T12:45:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T10:45:02","slug":"independent-candidate-steals-limelight-in-ondangwa-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=266270","title":{"rendered":"Independent candidate steals limelight in Ondangwa by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Placido Hilukilwa
\nTHE fight is on for the vacant seat of Ondangwa Urban constituency councilor in the Oshana region.
\nWhen President Hage Geingob earlier this year appointed constituency councilor Elia Erimari as the new the Governor of Oshana, he opened the door for a by-election that has now attracted the interest of four political parties and an independent candidate.
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Pictured: Angelina Immanuel. Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ruling Swapo party has fielded former Ondangwa mayor Ronny Negonga as its candidate and the party is using its heavy guns to ensure it retains the constituency.
\nThe Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, former DTA) has chosen its sole Ondangwa local authority councilor Johannes Martin as its candidate for the vacant position.
\nThe Congress of Democrats (CoD) and the All People\u2019s Party (APP) have Mandume Tuhafeni and Vincent Ndjoba as their respective candidates.
\nHowever, it is independent candidate Angelina Immanuel who has become the centre of attentions and who has turned out to be the real thorn in the flesh of the ruling party.
\nThe 27-year-old teacher has emerged from nowhere to steal the limelight. She has a number of vocal supporters including a sizable number of Affirmative Repositioning (AR) members.
\nAddressing a Swapo rally at Omashaka in Ondangwa on Saturday, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila warned party members against supporting or voting an independent candidate.
\nImmanuel reacted by writing an open letter accusing Kuugongelwa-Amadhila of coming to Omashaka \u201cto attack me\u201d instead of talking about what Government plans to do develop Ondangwa as a town and as a constituency.
\nKuugongelwa-Amadhila\u2019s response came fast, dismissing Immanuel\u2019s claim that she attacked her or that her speech focused exclusively on Immanuel instead of outlining government policies.
\nThe Prime Minister said that she did not attack Immanuel but merely outlined party rules and procedures regarding elections, pointing out that party members have to vote for their own party\u2019s candidates.
\nShe also pointed out that in her speech she spoke about achievements of the party and the policies put in place by government to address \u201cthe remaining challenges\u201d facing the country.
\n\u201cMobilization of members to throw their support behind their own party\u2019s candidate is a normal way of campaigning all over the world,\u201d said Kuugongelwa-Amadhila in a letter now circulating on social media.
\nThe Ondangwa Urban by-election is scheduled to take place on 15 June.<\/span><\/p>\n

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