Defiant Kapia in new about-face

SUSPENDED Swapo Youth League leader Paulus Kapia will not resign from the National Assembly, despite having undertaken to do so in a meeting with Swapo President Sam Nujoma.

Close allies of Kapia’s have indicated that he made a U-turn after giving the idea some thought over the weekend, but they said he was reluctant to give reasons for the decision. In the process, the suspended Swapo Youth League Secretary General is forcing the party’s politburo to expel him as a party member for refusing an order.Swapo Secretary General Ngarikutuke Tjiriange, acting on the instructions of the politburo wrote to Kapia last month, asking him to resign from the National Assembly.However, he defied the order, allegedly after he consulted one of the party’s top leaders and was instructed not to resign.Last week Thursday, Kapia met with Swapo President Nujoma and agreed to resign from parliament.He has yet to hand in his resignation, and sources indicated that some leaders in the politburo are now pushing Nujoma to act through the politburo.”He is not going, even if they want him to and are running to Nujoma.Let them force him out,” said one source.Kapia was suspended from all party duties pending an internal investigation into his involvement in the bungled Avid-SSC N$30 million investment.* The issue caused an uproar in the National Assembly yesterday afternoon.In the process, the suspended Swapo Youth League Secretary General is forcing the party’s politburo to expel him as a party member for refusing an order.Swapo Secretary General Ngarikutuke Tjiriange, acting on the instructions of the politburo wrote to Kapia last month, asking him to resign from the National Assembly.However, he defied the order, allegedly after he consulted one of the party’s top leaders and was instructed not to resign.Last week Thursday, Kapia met with Swapo President Nujoma and agreed to resign from parliament.He has yet to hand in his resignation, and sources indicated that some leaders in the politburo are now pushing Nujoma to act through the politburo.”He is not going, even if they want him to and are running to Nujoma.Let them force him out,” said one source.Kapia was suspended from all party duties pending an internal investigation into his involvement in the bungled Avid-SSC N$30 million investment.* The issue caused an uproar in the National Assembly yesterday afternoon.