Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)
| Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) Movement for Democracy and Progress |
|
|---|---|
| Party leader | Mike Kavekotora (since June 1, 2019) |
| founding | November 2007 |
| Place of foundation | Windhoek |
| Headquarters | Windhoek |
| Alignment | social democratic |
| Colours) | _ _ _ _ |
| National Assembly Seats |
1/96 |
| National Council seats |
0/42 |
| Regional council seats |
0/121 |
| Local council seats |
16/378 |
| Website | www.rdp.org.na |
The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, German for Movement for Democracy and Progress ) is a party founded in November 2007 in Namibia . It arose after several members of the ruling SWAPO resigned or were excluded from dissatisfaction and reorganized themselves.
The motto is It's time for change, together we can do better (German for example It is time for change, together we can do better ).
history
Founding party president Hidipo Hamutenya was the information minister of the exile SWAPO during the independence struggle. In this role he was involved in the unmasking of a supposed spy ring in the liberation movement in 1986. As it became known after independence, most of the so-called spies had been tortured to make false confessions. Video recordings were made of their confessions, for which Hamutenya was partly responsible. He never really took a stand on this. However, the RDP put two former SWAPO torture victims on its list of candidates for the national elections in November 2009, which can be seen as a sign of reconciliation.
On September 7, 2010, the RDP announced an electoral union with the Republican Party (RP), but dissolved it again in November 2014. In mid-February 2015, Hamutenya announced his resignation from the party's chairmanship after many had held him personally responsible for the November 2014 election failure. On February 28, 2015, the RDP decided to remove Hamutenya and temporarily installed Bezuidenhout as party leader. However, Hamutenya stated in writing a little later that he was withdrawing his resignation. On 23/24 May 2015, a special session of the RDP General Assembly took place, which elected a new board. On July 5, 2015, Jeremiah Nambinga was elected party president in a runoff election. Mike Kavekotora has been the party chairman since June 2019 .
Election results
In the first election in 2009, the RDP won more votes than any opposition party since 1999. It won eight seats and almost 11.2 percent of the vote.
National Assembly
| General election | Voting shares | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.09% |
1/96 |
| 2014 | 3.51% |
3/96 |
| 2009 | 11.16% |
8/72 |
president
| Presidential election | candidate | be right | Share of votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mike Kavekotora | 3,050 | 0.40% |
| 2014 | Hidipo Hamutenya | 30.197 | 3.39% |
| 2009 | Hidipo Hamutenya | 88,640 | 10.91% |
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Justine Hunter (2008): The Politics of Remembering and Forgetting in Namibia. Frankfurt / M. (Peter Lang)
- ↑ http://www.nshr.org.na/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=1163 ( Memento from November 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ RP en RDP snoer kragte, Die Republikein, September 7, 2010 ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 03/01/2015 News at noon. Hitradio Namibia, March 1, 2015 ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 1, 2015
- ↑ 07/06/2015 RDP tries a new beginning. Allgemeine Zeitung, July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015
