Namibia: Leaders Can Run for Both Presidential and Parliamentary Elections – Venaani

POPULAR Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani said the Namibian Constitution does not explicitly prohibit leaders of political parties from running both for presidential and parliamentary elections.

Venaani said this on Tuesday in response to recent comments made by Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)leader Panduleni Itula.

“If I am elected as president, then I cannot go to parliament. If I am not elected as a president, I can go to the legislature because I am not a member of the…