Swartbooi defiant in departure

DURING an event to announce his break from the ruling Swapo Party yesterday, recalled Swapo parliamentarian Bernadus Swartbooi said he will expose corruption in the party and government.

He announced the cancellation of his Swapo Party membership yesterday, and said he had substantial evidence of alleged corruption by the party's top leadership. Swapo secretary general Nangolo Mbumba on Wednesday announced that Swartbooi had been removed from the National Assembly following alleged tribalistic remarks he made at a Landless People's Movement (LPM) event at Keetmanshoop last weekend. Swartbooi announced that he was leaving what he called the “Ovambo People's Organisation”, and said he was not intimidated by the recall. “I hereby formally announce that I, Bernadus Swartbooi, out of good conscience and in the interest of the generations to come, with the understanding that truth is our only weapon, ordained by God to lead this nation, I hereby announce without any fear of contradiction that I proudly and loudly leave the Ovambo People's Organisation,” he proclaimed.