Christian Democratic Voice

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Christian Democratic Voice
AbbreviationCDV
Secretary-GeneralFaustus Thomas
President Gotthard Kandume
Founded2014
Ideology Christian democracy
Christian nationalism [1]
Pro-life [2]
Political position Right-wing to far-right [ citation needed ]
Religion Neo-Pentecostalism [1]
ColorsBlue and Green

The Christian Democratic Voice (CDV) is a political party in Namibia. It was launched in 2014 and has about 8,000 members. [3]

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Political position

The Christian Democratic Voice has its main backing in Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians. The CDV demand "that Namibia be declared a Christian state" [4] and endorses that "spiritual leaders" are needed in parliament to keep the balance of power in Namibia. [5]

Pentecostal and Charismatic sects in Namibia are accused of exploiting desperate members of the Namibian society. General-secretary Faustus Thomas, although admitting certain problems among these groups, rejects a control of these organizations and insisted that they be given time to regulate themselves. [4]

The party calls itself the only pro-life party in Namibia. [5]

Electoral history

2019 general election

For the 2019 Namibian general election the party formed a coalition with the Rally for Democracy and Progress. The CDV did not file an own candidate for the presidency. [3]

National Assembly elections

ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
2019 Gotthard Kandume5,8410.71%
1 / 96
Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 10thOpposition

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References

  1. 1 2 "Namibia should be a Christian state – CDV Party - the Namibian". Archived from the original on 2019-10-16.
  2. "New political party on the block | Namibian Sun". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24.
  3. 1 2 "RDP, Christian Democratic Voice form coalition". The Namibian . Namibia Press Agency. 6 September 2019. p. 3.
  4. 1 2 Hilukilwa, Placido (9 May 2018). "Namibia should be a Christian state – CDV Party". The Namibian . p. 7.
  5. 1 2 New political party on the block. Namibian Sun, 16. April 2013, archive link access on 16 October 2019