Disgruntled members of SWAPO at Oshakati protested in front of the party’s regional office on Thursday, demanding that their regional coordinator Samuel Nelongo resign with immediate effect. This follows a decision on Wednesday to have the recall of Oshakati councillors Onesmus Shilunga and Gabriel Kamwanka cancelled, who the protestors are saying should be replaced by Leo Shinime and Heimo Uunona. Spokesperson of the group, Sigo Amunyela, in their petition on Thursday, accused Nelongo of contradicting the decision to recall Shilunga and Kamwanka. “Samuel Nelongo must resign with immediate effect,” Amunyela announced. Nelongo told NAMPA that the recalling of the two councillors was cancelled during a conciliatory meeting held on Wednesday at Oshakati, which was attended by the SWAPO regional leadership, Shilunga, Kamwanka and the leadership of the executive committees. Shilunga and Kamwanka were recalled on Tuesday by a combined executive committee for the two SWAPO districts of Oshakati East and West as members of the Oshakati local authority, for allegedly declining to be sworn in last Friday. This was to protest the return of their fellow councillor, Katrina Shimbulu to the town council, after resigning to vie for a SWAPO seat in the National Assembly during the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Receiving the petition, Nelongo told the protesters that it is their right to air their views and grievances, saying whatever they have raised will be forwarded to the regional SWAPO leadership for consideration.