Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters

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Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF)
Party leader Epafras Mukwiilongo
founding June 25, 2014
Place of foundation Windhoek
Alignment Marxism
homophobia
Colours) _
National Assembly Seats
2/96
National Council seats
0/42
Regional council seats
0/121
Local council seats
0/378

Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF; German  about Namibian fighters for economic freedom ), more rarely Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters , is a Marxist political party in Namibia and was founded on June 25, 2014. It is considered a direct offshoot of the Economic Freedom Fighters under Julius Malema from South Africa .

The party presents itself as a radical - socialist to party. It rejects foreign interests in Namibia and demands that the country and the economy be indigenized . Homosexuality is expressly frowned upon in all forms.

The party is chaired by former SWAPO party member Epafras Mukwiilongo .

The party first ran for the National Assembly in 2014 and ran a presidential candidate. In the 2019 election , she won two seats in the National Assembly for the first time.

Election results

houses of Parliament

General election Voting shares Seats
2019 1.66%
2/96
2014 0.36%
0/96

president

Presidential election candidate be right Share of votes
2019 Epafras Mukwiilongo * 1,026 0.10%
2014 Epafras Mukwiilongo 2,514 0.28%

* Mukwiilongo withdrew his candidacy in favor of Panduleni Itula . Since this is not provided for by the electoral law, his name appeared for the vote.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The following political parties submitted nominations for the National Assembly Elections. ECN, October 29, 2014 ( memento of November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on November 4, 2014
  2. ^ Spot the Difference. Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2014, p. 50.
  3. Local party apes Malema's EFF. Namibian Sun, October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014
  4. Namibia's EFF replica: We want economic freedom. News24.com, October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014
  5. Malema's EFF fever hits Namibia. The Namibian, October 13, 2014 ( memento of October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 30, 2014
  6. ^ NEFF, RP throw weight behind Itula. The Namibian, November 8, 2019.