Landless People's Movement (Namibia)

The Landless People's Movement (LPM) is a political party in Namibia. It was founded in 2016 and registered in 2018. It is led by former deputy minister of lands and resettlement Bernadus Swartbooi, who serves as its president and chief change campaigner, and Henny Seibeb, the party's deputy leader.[3][4][5] The party has four seats in parliament.

This article is about the political party in Namibia. For the social movement in South Africa, see Landless People's Movement.
Landless People's Movement
AbbreviationLPM
PresidentBernadus Swartbooi
Deputy Leader and Chief StrategistHenny Seibeb
Treasurer GeneralAina Kodi
National Events CoordinatorIvan Skrywer
Operative SecretaryEdson Isaacks
Split fromSWAPO
HeadquartersWindhoek
Khomas Region
Student wingLPM Student Command
IdeologySocialism[1]
Land reform[2]
Environmentalism[2]
Agrarian reform[2]
Political positionLeft-wing[1]
International affiliationProgressive International
Colors  Orange
  Black
  Green
SloganRestoring Our Dignity
Seats in the National Assembly
4 / 104
Seats in the National Council
6 / 42
Regional Councillors
0 / 121
Local Councillors
0 / 378
Pan-African Parliament
0 / 5
Website
www.lpmparty.org

History

The Landless People's Movement was formed after Bernadus Swartbooi, deputy minister of land reform, was fired by President Hage Geingob in December 2016 after refusing to apologise to then Land Reform Minister Utoni Nujoma, whom he accused of resettling people from other regions into the south of the country ahead of the Nama.[6][7][8] 

Policies

Swartbooi has been a vocal advocate of land restitution and restorative justice for landless Namibians who were dispossessed of their land including indigenous communities.[9] The party also favours LGBT rights, and it plans on addressing the issues of abortion and marijuana legalization. The party's youth wing is the LPM Youth and Student Command Element.

Electoral history

National Assembly elections
Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2019 Bernadus Swartbooi 38,956 4.75%
4 / 104
 4 3rd Opposition


References
  1. "Opposition parties say PDM coalition efforts too late". Windhoek Observer. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. Miyanicwe, Clemans (11 November 2019). "LPM launches climate-focused manifesto". The Namibian. p. 6.
  3. Cloete, Luqman (8 May 2018). "Landless People's Movement wants Geingob to apologise". The Namibian. p. 5.
  4. "LAND OWNERSHIP LOBBY GROUP FORMS POLITICAL PARTY". Saba-news.org. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. "Landless People's Movement seeking restorative justice". Lelamobile.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. "Geingob fires Swartbooi". The Namibian. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. "I was fired by thieves - Swartbooi - Politics". Namibiansun.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  8. "The Villager Newspaper Namibia". www.thevillager.com.na. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  9. "Swartbooi slams Govt's resettlement programme". Lelamobile.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.


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