Independent presidential candidates fail to make the grade

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2024-10-17

WINDHOEK, 17 October 2024 - Swapo Party legal adviser Sisa Namandje receiving Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's nomination letter from ECN chairperson Elsie Nghikembua. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 OCT (NAMPA) -The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has announced that there will be no independent presidential candidates in the 2024 general elections, as all the hopefuls, Ally Angula, Else Chen and Jeremia Kaambo, have been disqualified.
All the three presidential hopefuls who submitted their nominations with the electoral commission failed to meet the constitutional requirements.
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