{"id":300996,"date":"2021-02-09T16:53:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=300996"},"modified":"2021-02-09T16:53:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:53:20","slug":"opposition-protest-the-remote-opening-of-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=300996","title":{"rendered":"Opposition protest the remote opening of Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A DECISION by the Namibian Presidency to officially open the Namibian Parliament remotely did not sit well with members of opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Preannounced plans by members of opposition parties to embark on disruptive debate during the opening ceremony of the third session of the Seventh Parliament were thwarted by President\u2019s decision to deliver his opening message remotely.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the Speaker, Professor Peter Katjivivi, announced that the message by President Hage Geingob will be delivered remotely, the house descended into chaos as opposition members voiced their discontent with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Opposition-protest-the-remote-opening-of-Parliament.png\" alt=\"Opposition protest remote opening Parliament Namibian Presidency officially open remotely\" class=\"wp-image-300997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Opposition-protest-the-remote-opening-of-Parliament.png 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Opposition-protest-the-remote-opening-of-Parliament.png 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Opposition-protest-the-remote-opening-of-Parliament.png 513w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Opposition-protest-the-remote-opening-of-Parliament.png 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Landless People\u2019s Movement, Bernadus Swartbooi, walked out of the house in protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Popular Democratic Movement, McHenry Venaani, while addressing the Speaker stated that the invocation of Rule 124 that allowed President Geingob to address the house remotely is illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s opening speech, which seemed to have been pre-recorded at State House, went ahead despite vehement protestations from the opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":300997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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