Let us be entirely honest about the opposition members of parliament who will always act like victims even when they are clearly acting in concert to frustrate madam speaker.
Why don’t we admit that there are other problem people in that house? I recently saw her begging for cooperation saying: “Please man guys, og, please tog.”
Ina can be so sweet on the screen but will throw hidden jabs towards the speaker when no one is looking. She always start off professionally with “My elder … , my sister … ” but will quickly follow up with a clever quote or saying that she knows the other tate will not understand. Sneaky!
Then comes professorial trouble in the name of Amupanda. You know that he is responsible off and on mic when you hear madam speaker begging for order. He would then act like he is wrongly accused of stealing sugar while wiping the sugar crystals off his chin.
These are the type of class members whose names will always appear on the “noise makers” list in class, even when they bunked school that day.
As an absolutely impartial observer of this daily circus, I must admit that finding hard evidence of a coordinated conspiracy is impossible. Of course, the records will only show procedural debates. But the drama happening in that theatre is really nothing short of a psychological thriller.
Members of the Namibian opposition cry in parliament about unfair treatment but they are sometimes the ones driving the speaker of the house mad.
It is a masterclass in gaslighting. They walk into the legislative building looking innocent, but the moment the microphones are switched on, all hell breaks loose.
Consider the tactical brilliance of the dreaded point of order. That’s the absolute weapon of choice for the modern parliamentary instigator. The debate could be about a critical water infrastructure bill for the southern regions. An opposition member will dramatically rise from their seat, adjust their glasses with utmost seriousness, and raise a point of order to aggressively question why the tea ladies did not provide enough sugar packets in the cafeteria that morning. Mukuru wandje!
Without hard evidence to the contrary, one has to assume it is purely designed to short-circuit the central nervous system of the person sitting in the big chair.
When the speaker understandably requests the parliamentarian to sit down and stick to the actual agenda, the trap is successfully sprung. The entire opposition bench erupts in synchronised theatrical outrage. It’s as if they have rehearsed.
They shout about being silenced. But if you critically analyse the situation past the gestures of democratic suffering, the truth is written all over them. You see the evil smiles on their faces whenever they force the madam to end a session. It is not a fight for justice. It is a highly coordinated game of extreme annoyance. LOL.
After successfully collapsing the afternoon sitting over absolute nonsense, they step outside into the courtyard to face the journalists. Here, they put on their best tragic expressions. They tell the cameras that the ruling party refuses to listen to the voice of the nation. They will claim the presiding officer is terribly biased. Yet, any objective critic sitting in the public gallery knows the real story. The opposition might just be the ones causing disorder.
I said I can’t prove it but they can’t get away with it that easily. Imagine a nice afternoon in that house. The minister of finance is trying to explain complex budgetary allocations. An opposition leader suddenly interrupts to demand a full parliamentary inquiry into whether a specific deputy minister was sleeping or merely resting his eyes.
The speaker sighs so heavily through the microphones it echoes across the entire nation. She asks for basic respect. The opposition refuses. The ruling party members wake up just long enough to shout back. The session devolves into a noisy primary school playground argument, except that everyone is wearing expensive taxpayer-funded suits.
The speaker must sit there and pretend this is a functioning organ of state. Or as usual, she grabs that gavel and beats her desk until her knuckles turn purple. She issues warnings that everyone ignores. She threatens to remove members who are practically begging to be removed so they can trend on the internet by dinnertime. It is a completely unwinnable situation for her.
Again, I know it is hard to prove it but there are members in that house that we all know are guilty of something. You know those children who never get caught but things keep going wrong? Yes, that’s Sneaky Smart Ina and Professorial Mani Pulator. I know they will be laughing when they read this themselves.
If they deny it all, just tell them that truth hurts.
I am not intrested in giving credit where it’s due. We all know that they make concrete and valuable contributions, but so does everyone else.
