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Des électeurs attendent l'ouverture d'un bureau de vote à Windhoek, le 29 novembre 2024 en Namibie<br> <br> <br> <br> Namibians returned to vote on Friday in 36 polling stations reopened two days after a <br> <br> chaotic election, set to test the ruling party's 34-year grip on power, was marred by technical problems.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Tensions are mounting in the historically stable and peaceful southern African nation where Wednesday's election was marked by long <br> <br> delays and labelled a "sham" by the opposition.<br> <br> <br> <br> Some people waited 12 hours in line to vote in presidential and legislative polls,<br> <br> billed as the toughest yet for the South West Africa People's <br> <br> Organisation (SWAPO) party, in power since Namibia's <br> <br> 1990 independence from South africa.<br> <br> <br> <br> Wednesday's queues were caused by many technical problems, <br> <br> including issues with tablets used to register voters and shortages of ballot papers.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> In some cases, torches used to show up invisible ink had run out of batteries and mobile voting teams had left areas with voters still in the queues, it <br> <br> said.<br> <br> <br> <br> Facing criticism from both voters and parties,<br> <br> the electoral commission extended the vote for <br> <br> a second time, giving Namibians until Saturday evening to vote.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> In the capital Windhoek, at the only polling station picked to reopen, about 60 <br> <br> people showed up on Friday, including Kluivert Muuondjo who arrived <br> <br> at 4:30 am.<br> <br> <br> <br> The 21-year-old student said he had waited in line until 11:<br> <br> 00 pm on Wednesday but left before being able to vote as <br> <br> he had exams the next day.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Des électeurs attendent l'ouverture d'un bureau de vote à Windhoek, le 29 novembre 2024 en Namibie<br> <br> <br> <br> "Everyone will have the chance to vote," he said. But because <br> <br> Namibians can vote at any given polling station, he was worried "everyone will flock to one place again."<br> <br> <br> <br> The disarray led to angry complaints from opposition parties with some calling for a halt in the electoral process.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Opposition parties were scheduled to meet on Friday and <br> <br> issue a joint statement, according to Christine Aochamus who represents the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) party.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Youth unemployment, enduring inequalities and the emergence of a generation born after <br> <br> independence are challenging support towards SWAPO which has ruled <br> <br> since 1990.<br> <br> <br> <br> Its candidate, vice-president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who could become the first woman to lead the <br> <br> country if elected, could face an unprecedented second round in the mineral rich country.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> "To open only one place in Khomas (the region of which the capital is part of) is absurd," said voter Ensley Engermund, who also said he couldn't vote <br> <br> on Wednesday because of long queues despite trying four different polling stations.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> "Only 1.5 millions voters are registered and we get this chaos?" asked the 49-year-old <br> <br> security agent.<br> <br> <br> <br> "It was to get people frustrated."<br> <br> <br> <br> Here is my homepage ส่งดอกไม้ทั่วกรุงเทพ - https://www.R2Tbiohospital.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=2486765