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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 chaotic election, <br> <br> set to test the ruling party's 34-year grip <br> <br> on power, was marred by technical problems.<br> <br> <br> <br> Tensions are mounting in the historically stable and peaceful southern African nation where Wednesday's election was marked by long delays and <br> <br> labelled a "sham" by the opposition.<br> <br> <br> <br> Some people waited 12 hours in line to vote in presidential and legislative polls, billed <br> <br> as the toughest yet for the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) party, in power since Namibia's 1990 independence <br> <br> from South africa.<br> <br> <br> <br> Wednesday's queues were caused by many technical problems, including issues with tablets <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> and mobile voting teams had left areas with voters still in the queues, it said.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Facing criticism from both voters and parties, the electoral commission extended the <br> <br> vote for a second time, giving Namibians until Saturday evening to <br> <br> vote.<br> <br> <br> <br> In the capital Windhoek, at the only polling station picked to <br> <br> reopen, about 60 people showed up on Friday, including Kluivert Muuondjo who arrived at 4:30 <br> <br> am.<br> <br> <br> <br> The 21-year-old student said he had waited in line until 11:00 pm <br> <br> on Wednesday but left before being able to vote as he had exams the next day.<br> <br> <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 Namibians can vote at any given polling station, <br> <br> 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 issue a <br> <br> joint statement, according to Christine Aochamus who represents <br> <br> the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) party.<br> <br> <br> <br> Youth unemployment, enduring inequalities and the emergence of a generation born after independence are challenging support towards SWAPO which has ruled since 1990.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Its candidate, vice-president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who could <br> <br> become the first woman to lead the country if elected, could face <br> <br> an unprecedented second round in the mineral rich country.<br> <br> <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 <br> <br> voter Ensley Engermund, who also said he couldn't vote on Wednesday <br> <br> because of long queues despite trying four different polling stations.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> "Only 1.5 millions voters are registered and we get this chaos?" asked <br> <br> the 49-year-old security agent.<br> <br> <br> <br> "It was to get people frustrated."<br> <br> <br> <br> Here is my webpage ... รูปพวงหรีดแสดงความเสียใจฟรี ( <br> <br> https://cl-system.jp/ - https://cl-system.jp/question/%e0%b9%81%e0%b8%9e%e0%b9%87%e0%b8%84%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%88-%e0%b8%a7%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%9a%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%87%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%95%e0%b8%a2-sources-google-com-web-site/ )