Swapo Party President, Hage Geingob, has said now that party members have elected their vice president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, during the 2022 elective congress, there should no longer be any factions within the party henceforth.

Opening the Swapo Party Central Committee meeting here on Saturday, Geingob said party members have the right to oppose, disagree and condemn a person, however, there are processes, systems and institutions that led to the selected candidate for the Swapo Party Vice President position.

“I always say, don’t play the person, play the ball. When that is over, it is over. So I hope we don’t go and have factions of ‘this group or that group’ from now on. It is over. We have a candidate [and] when time comes, we will properly campaign for her, so that she is elected on behalf of Swapo,” he said.

Geingob also called on party members to unite and support the elected candidate, saying Swapo has only one candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah for the party’s general election.

“Let’s stop the rumours, dreams, fears and so on. This is not a thing of Individuals. It’s for our party and for our country. We have a person who will lead us, and be supported by all of us,” said Geingob.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency