Executive director of justice and labour relations Audrin Mathe launched a book titled ‘The Art of Persuasion; The Making of Namibia’s Constitution’ in Windhoek on Monday.
Former presidents Nangolo Mbumba and Botswana’s Mokgweetsi Masisi attended the launch.
Mathe said his book is aimed at proving that the Constitution is more than just a piece of paper.
“It is a covenant and a promise made to one another to live together and build prosperity together,” he said.
Mathe said the book is an attempt to answer the question of how the nation forged and drafted a Constitution that is celebrated globally.
He highlighted the birth of the Constitution describing it as an epic moment.
“It was a time when the destiny of our nation hang precariously in the balance and the eyes of the whole world were fixed upon us,” the former president said.
Mokgweetsi Masisi stressed the importance of not only respecting the making of Constitution and the Constitution itself, but also its significance.
“It’s absolutely vital that we in the region not only respect the Constitution making and the constitution itself, but its particular significance, which was to sustain stability and the freedoms that come with stability,” Masisi said.
He said the circumstances around which Namibia and Botswana developed were totally different, he said.
