Youths, learn from Dr Iitula
ALFEUS LUNGAMENI SUCCESS HAMUNDJA WRITES:In the upcoming local authority and regional council elections, young people should learn one or two things from Dr Fillemon Iitula’s phenomenon. If young people are not going to step forward to contest and take over the leadership, the same old, tired faces will recycle themselves in positions of authority.
Dr Iitula was a political novice, someone who had never governed a village or local authority before, yet he was determined to contest for the highest office of the land. I want to remind fellow Namibians, particularly the youth, that before the build-up to the 2019 elections, the name Panduleni Iitula had no relevance in our body politic and the collective imagination of the Namibian public.
I therefore think that there are many key lessons to draw from him for the future.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am here talking of a man whom I personally did not vote for in the last elections, but I learned much from him. I am talking about a man, the son of the soil, a dental practitioner, a former Swapo Party lecturer at the Swapo Party School, who in the 2019 presidential election pocketed 29.4% (242 657) votes as an independent candidate while claiming to be a Swapo member.
As a youth activist and student of history, I know what catapulted Dr Iitula to prominence: it was the Fishrot saga, factionalism in Swapo and identity politics.
In fact, in 2019, he never presented a substantive plan about how he wanted to transform Namibia economically and socially.
However, the Iitula phenomenon for change dominated Namibia’s political landscape. The Iitula phenomenon for change posed the biggest threat to Swapo as compared to all political parties we have in this country post-independence.
Iitula is politically mature, politically enlightened, which is why many voted for him.
Iitula knows the Namibian Constitution by heart. Iitula’s political campaigns were well funded. I do not know the source, but all I know they had money for their campaigns.
Many will argue that knowing the Constitution by heart will not solve anything. To those who are reasoning like that, I do not know how I can describe them. I believe that knowing the constitution is crucial, as it will help in solving socioeconomic challenges facing the nation. Therefore, young people, study the Namibian constitution, the supreme law governing us. If needs be, you should know it better than Dr Iitula. Be able to read and interpret laws. Be able to quote the articles like Iitula does.
Fellow young Namibians, there are many good lessons we can learn from the doctor.
I regard Iitula as the founding father of presidential independent candidates in Namibia. Let the truth be told, Iitula was the reason Namibia is no longer using EVMs. Therefore, I might forget many good lessons that we can draw from him; however, I hope I influenced those of us who are going to contest for election in November 2025 to learn from few things from the man who founded a party which has more than 18 seats in parliament today.
The man who founded a party which is the official opposition party today in Namibia.
To cut the story short, all I wanted to say to the young people is: NEVER GIVE UP! RELENTLESS DETERMINATION WILL OVERCOME FEAR, AND YOU WILL WIN THE NOVEMBER 2025 ELECTION AS A PARTY YOUNG LEADER OR AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Dr Iitula was a political novice, someone who had never governed a village or local authority before, yet he was determined to contest for the highest office of the land. I want to remind fellow Namibians, particularly the youth, that before the build-up to the 2019 elections, the name Panduleni Iitula had no relevance in our body politic and the collective imagination of the Namibian public.
I therefore think that there are many key lessons to draw from him for the future.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am here talking of a man whom I personally did not vote for in the last elections, but I learned much from him. I am talking about a man, the son of the soil, a dental practitioner, a former Swapo Party lecturer at the Swapo Party School, who in the 2019 presidential election pocketed 29.4% (242 657) votes as an independent candidate while claiming to be a Swapo member.
As a youth activist and student of history, I know what catapulted Dr Iitula to prominence: it was the Fishrot saga, factionalism in Swapo and identity politics.
In fact, in 2019, he never presented a substantive plan about how he wanted to transform Namibia economically and socially.
However, the Iitula phenomenon for change dominated Namibia’s political landscape. The Iitula phenomenon for change posed the biggest threat to Swapo as compared to all political parties we have in this country post-independence.
Iitula is politically mature, politically enlightened, which is why many voted for him.
Iitula knows the Namibian Constitution by heart. Iitula’s political campaigns were well funded. I do not know the source, but all I know they had money for their campaigns.
Many will argue that knowing the Constitution by heart will not solve anything. To those who are reasoning like that, I do not know how I can describe them. I believe that knowing the constitution is crucial, as it will help in solving socioeconomic challenges facing the nation. Therefore, young people, study the Namibian constitution, the supreme law governing us. If needs be, you should know it better than Dr Iitula. Be able to read and interpret laws. Be able to quote the articles like Iitula does.
Fellow young Namibians, there are many good lessons we can learn from the doctor.
I regard Iitula as the founding father of presidential independent candidates in Namibia. Let the truth be told, Iitula was the reason Namibia is no longer using EVMs. Therefore, I might forget many good lessons that we can draw from him; however, I hope I influenced those of us who are going to contest for election in November 2025 to learn from few things from the man who founded a party which has more than 18 seats in parliament today.
The man who founded a party which is the official opposition party today in Namibia.
To cut the story short, all I wanted to say to the young people is: NEVER GIVE UP! RELENTLESS DETERMINATION WILL OVERCOME FEAR, AND YOU WILL WIN THE NOVEMBER 2025 ELECTION AS A PARTY YOUNG LEADER OR AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
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