Namibia: The implication of the local elections for general elections

Namibia held its third local government election on May 14, 2004. The entire process proceeded without major controversies, and was pronounced as having proceeded in a free and fair atmosphere, all political players and actors therefore accepted its outcome. It later turned out that voters in some local authorities were disturbed by the fact that leaders of their parties altered the compositions and sequences of list of candidates that emerged from the party primaries for these elections.