Namibia: Ithana Dismisses NSHR Reports

Windhoek — Minister of Justice and the Attorney General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has rejected reports by the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) that she threatened to dismiss, imprison or impeach President Hifikepunye Pohamba.

During the weekend, head of NSHR Phil Ya Nangolo issued a statement saying that through his organisation's vigorous monitoring of the current shebeen impasse, NSHR learnt that the Attorney General at a meeting held last Thursday with leaders of the Namibia Shebeen Association (NASA) warned that if Pohamba grants a moratorium on the implementation of the current Liquor Act, he will be impeached, dismissed or imprisoned.

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