Namibia gets its first woman president after 64 years!!!
For the first time in the history of the African country Namibia, a woman has become the president. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who was earlier the country's vice president, has been elected as the first woman president. She is from the SWAPO party. According to a Reuters report, the official results were presented on tuesday (3 December), according to which the SWAPO party got 57 percent of valid votes, which crossed the 50 percent vote barrier required to become president. Nandi-Ndaitwah has won a spectacular victory by defeating her closest rival Panduleni Itula of the Patriots for Change (IPC), where Itula got only 26 percent of the votes.
Namibia got independence from south africa in 1990. Since then Nandi-Ndaitwah has been continuously active in politics. However, this time she has put the party in a stronger position after winning the presidential election. After the defeat in the election, Ndaitwah's opposition party IPC has accused the electoral process of being rigged. They alleged a shortage of ballot papers and other technical glitches, due to which the voting had to be extended for three days. They have talked about going to court regarding this.
Statement of political analyst Raquel Andreas
According to a Reuters report, 72-year-old Nandi-Ndaitwah has been active in politics for a long time. She joined the SWAPO party in the 1960s. After this, she has played many senior roles including foreign minister. Regarding this, political analyst Raquel Andreas has described her as an important leader of SWAPO. He said that she has been leading in some form or the other since we got independence. Unlike some of her party colleagues, Nandi-Ndaitwah's reputation has been untouched by corruption charges. After her victory, Nandi-Ndaitwah said, "The Namibian nation has voted for peace and stability."
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