Venaani said this in the National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday when Swapo parliamentarian Kletus Karondo announced that president Hage Geingob has appointed Nangolo Mbumba's former senior assistant, Gerson Sindano, as a commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Namibia.Sindano worked with Mbumba at Swapo's headquarters at Katutura in 2013. “The ruling party is becoming mad these days. You have a constitutional writer by the name of Jerry Ekandjo telling villagers the Namibian flag is a Swapo flag. "What a shame, what a shame,” Venaani said.He said Namibians wear the national flag as patriots.“How can a ruling party claim the flag, national anthem, and the coat of arms are no longer part of the people, but belong to it?” he asked.
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