'Let's not take voters for a ride'
The opposition party''s central committee met in Oshakati at the weekend to elect national executive committee members and discuss rebranding.
DTA president McHenry Venaani who travelled to Ongwediva on Friday, urged politicians to remain in contact with the electorate at all times, and not only when campaigning.
Disembarking from a minibus at Highway Service Station in Ongwediva, Venaani and fellow politicians who accompanied him were welcomed by senior members of his party from the regions.
The reason for his visit to the north was to attend the party''s elective central committee meeting held in Oshakati at the weekend to elect national executive committee members.
Regarding his travel by public transport, Venaani said it is the DTA''s quest to remain in constant contact with voters, to experience what they experience every day, instead of only campaigning when it''s election time.
“I want to urge all of you politicians throughout this country to continue to engage our electorate out of campaign periods, let us not take voters for a ride, they must remain important now and forever because they make who were are,” Venaani said while addressing party members on Saturday.
“We must guard against political complacency, we must guard against not working hard, we must guard against complacency of leaders not seeing the people on the ground, we must guard against complacency of people being called councillors and members of parliament and forgetting the roots, the voters that have brought us here,” he said.
Apart from the election of the new national executive members, the meeting also discussed the party''s 2016/19 strategic objectives and the appointment of nine members of central committee to a ''Presidential Commission on Rebranding''.
Venaani said there had been agreements and disagreements among the central committee members at meetings regarding the rebranding of the party and that''s why he appointed the committee.
Venaani said the committee''s purpose was to oversee and facilitate the rebranding process and they would report to him.
He said rebranding, which should not be looked at in isolation, is not about changes of names, colours or symbols but a small component of the greater transformation project being undertaken by the party.
“Rebranding is about positioning the DTA of Namibia as a genuine alternative government. A genuine alternative government that has ideas and policies that can move Namibia forward and deliver quality education, healthcare, jobs and food security in Namibia,” he said.
Attempts to get the election results from the party were unsuccessful.
KENYA KAMBOWE
Disembarking from a minibus at Highway Service Station in Ongwediva, Venaani and fellow politicians who accompanied him were welcomed by senior members of his party from the regions.
The reason for his visit to the north was to attend the party''s elective central committee meeting held in Oshakati at the weekend to elect national executive committee members.
Regarding his travel by public transport, Venaani said it is the DTA''s quest to remain in constant contact with voters, to experience what they experience every day, instead of only campaigning when it''s election time.
“I want to urge all of you politicians throughout this country to continue to engage our electorate out of campaign periods, let us not take voters for a ride, they must remain important now and forever because they make who were are,” Venaani said while addressing party members on Saturday.
“We must guard against political complacency, we must guard against not working hard, we must guard against complacency of leaders not seeing the people on the ground, we must guard against complacency of people being called councillors and members of parliament and forgetting the roots, the voters that have brought us here,” he said.
Apart from the election of the new national executive members, the meeting also discussed the party''s 2016/19 strategic objectives and the appointment of nine members of central committee to a ''Presidential Commission on Rebranding''.
Venaani said there had been agreements and disagreements among the central committee members at meetings regarding the rebranding of the party and that''s why he appointed the committee.
Venaani said the committee''s purpose was to oversee and facilitate the rebranding process and they would report to him.
He said rebranding, which should not be looked at in isolation, is not about changes of names, colours or symbols but a small component of the greater transformation project being undertaken by the party.
“Rebranding is about positioning the DTA of Namibia as a genuine alternative government. A genuine alternative government that has ideas and policies that can move Namibia forward and deliver quality education, healthcare, jobs and food security in Namibia,” he said.
Attempts to get the election results from the party were unsuccessful.
KENYA KAMBOWE
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