A storm is brewing around the recent nomination of five Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) commissioners.
Civil society watchdogs want to know why public interviews of shortlisted candidates were skipped, saying the lack of transparency could cause mistrust of their role in future elections.
“Why were the public, the electorate and the media left in the dark? Why is there still no transparency about this extraordinary process,” Citizens for an Accountable and Transparent Society (CATS) director Carola Engelbrecht wrote in a recent statement.
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