Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila personifies the stealing of public resources at an industrial scale and must relinquish her position or be fired by President Hage Geingob with immediate effect.

This was according to Landless People’s Movement (LPM) second-in-command, Henny Seibeb, when addressing the media on the purported capture of state institutions by the political elite and other corruption-related dealings in the country.

Seibeb did not mince his words when taking aim at the Prime Minister (PM) on Monday.

For LPM, Kuugongelwa-Amadhila should be nowhere within proximity of the State purse or public resources, as her track record at the Finance Ministry [14 years] and now as PM, is characterised by dodgy dealings.

The recent incident which the party pointed to is how the PM’s husband, businessman Onesmus Tona Amadhila, allegedly accessed loans in excess of N.dollars 180 million from the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) at the expense of hundreds of ordinary Namibians.

In LPM’s eyes, the Amadhilas receive red-carpet treatment from the bank due to their proximity to power.

Seibeb said in other jurisdictions when a senior public official is implicated in serious crimes, they voluntarily step down out of respect for themselves and the country.

“The issue of the Development Bank of Namibia is sufficient grounds for you, out of your own moral compass, to resign. Swapo has a lot of skeletons that politicians are holding against each other. So for Geingob, until he is presented with concrete evidence, he will only want to act or out of embarrassment,” said Seibeb.

What is peculiar for Seibeb, is that LPM leader, as then deputy minister of land reform, Bernadus Swartbooi, was fired for pointing to corruption in land resettlement, while other officials in Swapo continue to do as they wish with impunity.

Geingob’s failure to dismiss Kuugongelwa-Amadhila can only mean one of two things, he added. “Either he is part of the criminal cabal or he is trying to save his skin for the future.”

The Premier released a statement on Friday dismissing claims that her husband was being favoured by the bank.

“Such allegations are without basis and are malicious.”

On his part, Amadhila equally refuted the report.

“I am sincere in my business dealings. I always aim to do what is right,” he was quoted as saying.

Queried about the PM’s fate on Monday, Presidential spokesperson Dr Alfredo Hengari could only confirm receiving questions from Nampa at the time of going to print.

Source: Namibia Press Agency