Harambee administration a failure – APP

Harambee administration a failure – APP The acting secretary-general of the All People''s Party, Vincent Kanyetu, wants President Hage Geingob and Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila to resign.

“The people that are leading the Harambee administration have shown that they are failures,” Kanyetu said at a meeting in Rundu on Saturday.

The meeting was held to welcome the recently appointed APP youth league president, Sebastian Ntjamba, and about 40 new supporters who had left the DTA and Swapo for the APP.

He said the country''s poor economic outlook did not start during the term of finance minister Calle Schlettwein (2015 to present) but when Geingob served as prime minister (1990-2002 and 2012-2015).

Kanyetu said Schlettwein should not be blamed for the current economic state of the country; “if anything, he should be hailed for opening the eyes of Namibians to the reality of the country''s finances”.

He said the Harambee administration had failed beyond reasonable doubt.

Geingob launched the Harambee Prosperity Plan in April this year. It is based on five pillars, namely effective governance and service delivery, economic advancement, social progression, infrastructure development and international relations and cooperation.

Analysing Kanyetu''s comments, Unam law professor Nico Horn told Nampa it was not fair to blame the poor economic growth of the country on Geingob and Kuugongelwa-Amadhila.

Horn said Namibia was not the only country in southern Africa going through the same economic struggles, adding that the economic downturn had nothing to do with Geingob''s administration.

South Africa, which is southern Africa''s economic powerhouse, was also struggling and that contributed to the poor outlook as it was one of Namibia'' key trading partners.

“If South Africa loses, we lose,” Horn said.

He acknowledged that there was concern about the current administration''s overspending, particularly the large entourage Geingob travels with and the bloated bureaucratic system.

Horn said he did not see the need for two deputy ministers, who are in any case just advisors, as well as the many advisors the president has.

“If the president is serious about addressing the economy of the country - that would be a good place to start,” Horn said.

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