The Electoral Court does not have the jurisdiction to hear and decide on an urgent application brought by Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) founding member Kandy Nehova and three other party members.
This was decided by judge Nate Ndauendapo and acting judges Kobus Miller and George Coleman on Wednesday.
Nehova and RDP members Ismael Frans, John Nghishekwa and Asser Sheuyange wanted the court to prohibit party president Mike Kavekotora, vice president Kenedy Shekupakela, secretary general Cecil Nguvauva and Nicanor Ndjoze, whose leadership they dispute, from using a party bank account, and from holding any meetings to nominate candidates for Namibia’s national elections in November.
Nehova and Kavekotora have been leading rival factions of the party since 2019, when Kavekotora was elected as RDP president, before Nehova was also elected as party president at a rival convention.
The Electoral Court does not have the jurisdiction to deal with internal fights in political parties, a lawyer representing Kavekotora and his colleagues argued before the three judges on Wednesday.
The judges agreed, and struck the application from the court’s roll.
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