The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has registered two new political parties, the People United for Change (PUC) and the Namibia Progressive Party (Nappa).
This is in accordance with Section 137(1) of the Electoral Act.
Both political parties received their certificates of registration at the ECN headquarters in Windhoek on Thursday.
ECN spokesperson De Wet Siluka, however, says the new parties will not be getting any funding yet from treasury.
“The commission registered the two new political parties. Any political party that has no seat in parliament does not get any funding from treasury (National Assembly), hence such funds will be from their own coffers for campaigns,” he says.
The two parties join the Association of Localised Interests of Josef Kauandenge gunning for the uocoming regional and local authority elections.
Wilson Hange represented Nappa, while Ernestus Axakhoeb represented PUC.
This brings the number of registered political parties to 25.
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