Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani promised that if elected as president of Namibia, his government would only consist of 15 ministers and four deputy ministers. Venaani at his party’s final star rally in Windhoek on Sunday stressed that having a vice president and different ministerial portfolios such as prime minister, and deputy prime minister is a waste of taxpayers’ money. 

“You have a president, a vice-president, a prime minister, a deputy prime minister, all running around with seven to 10 cars, wasting people’s money,” Venaani said, adding that only four areas will have deputy ministers as they are very important, once elected to lead the country. “Only in these four areas shall we have an assistant minister, which includes education, health, national planning and housing. Those are the four critical areas that will have a deputy minister,” he noted. 

Venaani ahead of the President ial and National Assembly elections on Wednesday further emphas i s ed that Namibia has the potential of forming a coalition government or a PDM-run government. “It is possible to create the next coalition government or a new blue government,” he said. -Nampa