Speaker refuses ECN vote delay …agrees to release key documents
Staff Writer The Office of the Attorney-General has rejected demands to postpone Parliament’s vote on the appointment of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chairperson and commissioners. However, it has agreed to make documents bearing President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s signature available to Members of Parliament during the sitting. The development follows a legal demand served on […]
Staff Writer
The Office of the Attorney-General has rejected demands to postpone Parliament’s vote on the appointment of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chairperson and commissioners.
However, it has agreed to make documents bearing President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s signature available to Members of Parliament during the sitting.
The development follows a legal demand served on the Speaker of the National Assembly by Kadhila Amoomo Legal Practitioners, acting on behalf of Affirmative Repositioning (AR) leader and Member of Parliament Job Amupanda.
In a letter dated 8 July 2026, the law firm demanded the immediate deferment of Parliament’s vote on the approval of the ECN leadership, arguing that Members of Parliament had not been furnished with critical documents required to make an informed constitutional decision.
The legal practitioners contended that proceeding with the vote without full disclosure would undermine Parliament’s constitutional oversight role and the principles of transparency, accountability and administrative justice.
