We are not dictators – Nashinge
Six months into its existence, some members who contributed immensely towards the IPC’s good performance in last year’s local authority and regional council elections have either left or threatened to leave.
Kenya Kambowe
Rundu
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) spokesperson Immanuel Nashinge has denied allegations that the party - which was formed last year - is practicing dictatorial tendencies. Party members who have so far resigned from the party have cited ‘dictatorship’ as reason for leaving.
Inside the party itself, such sentiments have also been observed, including the latest by the IPC’s deputy national secretary-general Patrick Kashera, who resigned recently, but later made a U-turn.
Nashinge last week denied that the IPC is being run like a dictatorship and accused the media of having an agenda towards the party.
IPC was formed last August and six months later, some members who contributed immensely towards the party’s good performance in last year’s local authority and regional council elections have either left or threatened to leave.
Namibian Sun has been reliably informed that IPC president Panduleni Itula intervened to have Kashera revoke his decision.
‘What is dictatorship?’
Prior to that, IPC political mobiliser for the Walvis Bay branch, Efraim Nanghama, resigned from the party, citing dictatorship amongst the party’s leadership.
Some also say the IPC’s constitution has given the president of the party too much power to take decisions on behalf of members, which they claim to be dictatorship-driven.
Nashinge denied these allegations, saying those making such claims are within their rights to do so, but that’s not what the party stands for.
“What is dictatorship? If that’s what those who told you what it is, go ahead and write what you want to write. I don’t think you really need to hear from us,” Nashinge said.
“What I am saying is that we are here to change things around. It can’t be business as usual.”
Kashera’s ‘personal issues’
Meanwhile, Nashinge said Kashera’s resignation was caused by “personal issues”.
“Kashera never left. You can ask people in Rundu, ask people who know Kashera the situation that he is going through right now,” Nashinge said.
“It’s a personal issue that he is going through and I can’t speak about it, but ask people who know him, what he has been doing since December. He has personal issues and we have been assisting him. “Patriot Kashera never left the party; it was just those issues that are beyond his and our control and that’s what life is all about.”
Last year, Itula was quoted describing those resigning from the party as spies who failed to destroy the IPC from within.
Attempts to get comment from Itula by the time of going to print proved futile.
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Rundu
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) spokesperson Immanuel Nashinge has denied allegations that the party - which was formed last year - is practicing dictatorial tendencies. Party members who have so far resigned from the party have cited ‘dictatorship’ as reason for leaving.
Inside the party itself, such sentiments have also been observed, including the latest by the IPC’s deputy national secretary-general Patrick Kashera, who resigned recently, but later made a U-turn.
Nashinge last week denied that the IPC is being run like a dictatorship and accused the media of having an agenda towards the party.
IPC was formed last August and six months later, some members who contributed immensely towards the party’s good performance in last year’s local authority and regional council elections have either left or threatened to leave.
Namibian Sun has been reliably informed that IPC president Panduleni Itula intervened to have Kashera revoke his decision.
‘What is dictatorship?’
Prior to that, IPC political mobiliser for the Walvis Bay branch, Efraim Nanghama, resigned from the party, citing dictatorship amongst the party’s leadership.
Some also say the IPC’s constitution has given the president of the party too much power to take decisions on behalf of members, which they claim to be dictatorship-driven.
Nashinge denied these allegations, saying those making such claims are within their rights to do so, but that’s not what the party stands for.
“What is dictatorship? If that’s what those who told you what it is, go ahead and write what you want to write. I don’t think you really need to hear from us,” Nashinge said.
“What I am saying is that we are here to change things around. It can’t be business as usual.”
Kashera’s ‘personal issues’
Meanwhile, Nashinge said Kashera’s resignation was caused by “personal issues”.
“Kashera never left. You can ask people in Rundu, ask people who know Kashera the situation that he is going through right now,” Nashinge said.
“It’s a personal issue that he is going through and I can’t speak about it, but ask people who know him, what he has been doing since December. He has personal issues and we have been assisting him. “Patriot Kashera never left the party; it was just those issues that are beyond his and our control and that’s what life is all about.”
Last year, Itula was quoted describing those resigning from the party as spies who failed to destroy the IPC from within.
Attempts to get comment from Itula by the time of going to print proved futile.
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