SPYL leadership squabbles in court
Two central committee members of the Swapo Party Youth League have thrown down the gauntlet against the implementation of resolutions taken at a recent CC meeting of the youth body.
In court papers filed yesterday, Imms Nashinge and Sioni Iikela sought an interim order interdicting and restraining acting SPYL secretary Veikko Nekundi from proceeding in any way with the implementation of the resolutions taken at a CC meeting on 13 May.
The highly contentious meeting endorsed candidates for the SPYL secretary and deputy secretary positions at the upcoming elective congress. National Youth Council executive chairperson Mandela Kapere was nominated for the secretary position along with Ephraim Nekongo and Mirjam Nghidipo.
Christine Haindaka, Mogale Karimbue and Immanuel Shikongo were nominated for the deputy secretary position. The central committee also wants Swapo acting president Hage Geingob to run unopposed for the ruling party's top position at the November congress.
The youth league has been deeply divided in its support for Geingob as party president. Kadhila Amoomo is representing the two applicants in the matter.
The other respondents in the matter are Kapere, youth leaders Job Amupanda and Elijah Ngurare, SPYL secretary for labour and justice Sydney !Ganeb as well as the mother body, Swapo. Ngurare and Amupanda are specifically cited as respondents because the applicants are claiming they are constitutionally still part of the SPYL national executive. The order once obtained will serve as an interim order and it is expected that the application will commence on 2 June.
In the second part of the filed notice the applicants want the court to declare that the 13 May meeting of the SPYL be declared as inconsistent with the league's constitution, unlawful and not properly constituted. They want the court to declare as invalid, unlawful and unconstitutional all resolutions taken at the meeting. They also want the court to set aside the nomination of Kapere as candidate for the secretary position of the youth league.
The applicants want Nekundi to be declared as having lost his individual membership of SPYL by virtue of Article 5(a) (5) (c) of the SPYL constitution and setting aside the decision taken by him after he obtained the age of 35 years.
FRED GOEIEMAN
In court papers filed yesterday, Imms Nashinge and Sioni Iikela sought an interim order interdicting and restraining acting SPYL secretary Veikko Nekundi from proceeding in any way with the implementation of the resolutions taken at a CC meeting on 13 May.
The highly contentious meeting endorsed candidates for the SPYL secretary and deputy secretary positions at the upcoming elective congress. National Youth Council executive chairperson Mandela Kapere was nominated for the secretary position along with Ephraim Nekongo and Mirjam Nghidipo.
Christine Haindaka, Mogale Karimbue and Immanuel Shikongo were nominated for the deputy secretary position. The central committee also wants Swapo acting president Hage Geingob to run unopposed for the ruling party's top position at the November congress.
The youth league has been deeply divided in its support for Geingob as party president. Kadhila Amoomo is representing the two applicants in the matter.
The other respondents in the matter are Kapere, youth leaders Job Amupanda and Elijah Ngurare, SPYL secretary for labour and justice Sydney !Ganeb as well as the mother body, Swapo. Ngurare and Amupanda are specifically cited as respondents because the applicants are claiming they are constitutionally still part of the SPYL national executive. The order once obtained will serve as an interim order and it is expected that the application will commence on 2 June.
In the second part of the filed notice the applicants want the court to declare that the 13 May meeting of the SPYL be declared as inconsistent with the league's constitution, unlawful and not properly constituted. They want the court to declare as invalid, unlawful and unconstitutional all resolutions taken at the meeting. They also want the court to set aside the nomination of Kapere as candidate for the secretary position of the youth league.
The applicants want Nekundi to be declared as having lost his individual membership of SPYL by virtue of Article 5(a) (5) (c) of the SPYL constitution and setting aside the decision taken by him after he obtained the age of 35 years.
FRED GOEIEMAN
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