Fishrot: Stop denying and apologise, APP tells Swapo
Kenya Kambowe
RUNDU
The All People’s Party (APP) has called on the ruling party to stop denying that it benefitted from the Fishrot corruption scheme and instead come out publicly and ask for forgiveness from the Namibian people.
The APP said Swapo should rather deny knowing that the money they allegedly received was part of corruption instead of saying that they did not benefit at all.
APP secretary-general Vincent Kanyetu made the call during a press conference in Rundu yesterday, where he said that time has come for Swapo to acknowledge that it had been a beneficiary of Fishrot monies.
It is “annoying” that the ruling party keeps denying it while evidence of its benefitting has come to light of late, he said.
Kanyetu said at first it seemed as if only the two former ministers, Sacky Shangala and Bernhardt Esau, were the only top Swapo leaders involved, but added that things are “getting interesting” as it has recently been alleged that President Hage Geingob is among the mix as well.
Who’s fooling who?
The president’s 2014 Swapo presidential campaign was reportedly funded with Fishrot money – an allegation the ruling part has on numerous occasions denied.
“Why don’t Swapo leadership openly just say ‘this is how much we have benefitted from Fishrot’ because truly speaking, the more they are denying, the more things are coming out,” Kanyetu said.
“First it started with two ministers and they are still in custody. Now the president’s name is coming… and now the daughters of the president and the former president are coming up. Who is fooling who here?
“We are all people. Swapo, we are calling upon you - not the president but the secretary-general who is the chief administrator - to come forward and tell Namibians how much Swapo has benefitted and I am sure nobody but the laws will deal with them, just like those who are in custody,” he said.
“Every time Swapo denies itself at a press conference, the next day you hear evidence that Swapo has benefitted with their children, dogs and chickens. What is this?”
Ask for forgiveness
Kanyetu said while the law is dealing with the matter, Swapo should ask for forgiveness.
“Why don’t they publicly come out and say that they are sorry and ‘we did not know it was corruption’?
“Namibians are good people, maybe they will forgive them. So, we are calling upon the majority party in our country to come with the truth and confess to the nation because those were resources of the country and they don’t belong to any family or political party,” he argued.
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RUNDU
The All People’s Party (APP) has called on the ruling party to stop denying that it benefitted from the Fishrot corruption scheme and instead come out publicly and ask for forgiveness from the Namibian people.
The APP said Swapo should rather deny knowing that the money they allegedly received was part of corruption instead of saying that they did not benefit at all.
APP secretary-general Vincent Kanyetu made the call during a press conference in Rundu yesterday, where he said that time has come for Swapo to acknowledge that it had been a beneficiary of Fishrot monies.
It is “annoying” that the ruling party keeps denying it while evidence of its benefitting has come to light of late, he said.
Kanyetu said at first it seemed as if only the two former ministers, Sacky Shangala and Bernhardt Esau, were the only top Swapo leaders involved, but added that things are “getting interesting” as it has recently been alleged that President Hage Geingob is among the mix as well.
Who’s fooling who?
The president’s 2014 Swapo presidential campaign was reportedly funded with Fishrot money – an allegation the ruling part has on numerous occasions denied.
“Why don’t Swapo leadership openly just say ‘this is how much we have benefitted from Fishrot’ because truly speaking, the more they are denying, the more things are coming out,” Kanyetu said.
“First it started with two ministers and they are still in custody. Now the president’s name is coming… and now the daughters of the president and the former president are coming up. Who is fooling who here?
“We are all people. Swapo, we are calling upon you - not the president but the secretary-general who is the chief administrator - to come forward and tell Namibians how much Swapo has benefitted and I am sure nobody but the laws will deal with them, just like those who are in custody,” he said.
“Every time Swapo denies itself at a press conference, the next day you hear evidence that Swapo has benefitted with their children, dogs and chickens. What is this?”
Ask for forgiveness
Kanyetu said while the law is dealing with the matter, Swapo should ask for forgiveness.
“Why don’t they publicly come out and say that they are sorry and ‘we did not know it was corruption’?
“Namibians are good people, maybe they will forgive them. So, we are calling upon the majority party in our country to come with the truth and confess to the nation because those were resources of the country and they don’t belong to any family or political party,” he argued.
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