Erastus Shuumbwa, vice president of All Peoples (APP), says his party is now dead as many people resigned from it.
Shuumbwa has been suspended from his position as party vice president as of May. He was accused of being a member of the new party.
He will not be able to attend the party’s elective parliament in Landu this weekend as he is suspended.
Speaking to Namibian on Thursday, Shuumbwa said some party leaders have named him “intruders.”
“The app is dead. It’s completely dead. I’m saying this without fear or contradictory. The app is dead. They absolutely have nothing, as we speak. People have resigned.
Asked if he was still part of the party, Shuumbwa replied, “I can’t say I’m still a part of the app, but yes, I’m still a member of the Congress, but the party position I have will be scrapped from me,” Shuumbwa said.
He said the party tried to remove him from Congress after the death of President Ignatius Sikwameni in November 2021.
“They were driving on tribal agendas. The party has owners. I was like a driver driving other people’s cars,” he said.
“Someone else was using those powers,” Shuumbwa said.
He said the past two years have been a difficult journey for him.
“It wasn’t a good environment for me. They don’t respect the party’s constitution,” he said.
Shuumbwa is scheduled to appear before the app’s disciplinary hearing next week.
Party chair Linus Muchila, who contacted him for comment on Friday, said the party would declare itself at the official parliament opening on Thursday.
