Court restores Keetmanshoop LPM committee members after illegal no-confidence vote
The High Court has overturned the Keetmanshoop Municipal Council’s decision to remove two Landless People’s Movement (LPM) management committee members through votes of no confidence, ruling that the process was unlawful and ordering their reinstatement. In a judgment delivered on 3 July, the court found that council meetings held on 7 May and 4 June […] The post Court restores Keetmanshoop LPM committee members after illegal no-confidence vote appeared first on The Namibian .
The High Court has overturned the Keetmanshoop Municipal Council’s decision to remove two Landless People’s Movement (LPM) management committee members through votes of no confidence, ruling that the process was unlawful and ordering their reinstatement.
In a judgment delivered on 3 July, the court found that council meetings held on 7 May and 4 June were convened in breach of the Local Authorities Act, the council’s standing rules and Article 18 of the Namibian Constitution. As a result, all resolutions adopted during those meetings were declared unlawful, null and void.
