The Monitor Action Group is a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
. The party came into existence as the transformation of the
National Party of South West Africa
The National Party of South West Africa ( af, Nasionale Party van Suidwes-Afrika, german: Nationale Partei Südwestafrikas) was a political party in South West Africa.
History
The party was originally established in Mariental by Frikke Jooste ...
in 1991,
Kosie Pretorius became its first chairperson and served until his retirement from active politics in June 2013. The party is based among conservative
Afrikaners, with most of the top leadership having served in the government of
apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
South West Africa
South West Africa ( af, Suidwes-Afrika; german: Südwestafrika; nl, Zuidwest-Afrika) was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia. It bordered Angola (Portuguese colony before 1 ...
. In June 2009, the party contended that aspects of the
affirmative action policy of Namibia violated the
country's constitution.
Electoral history
At the
parliamentary elections 15 and 16 November 2004, the party won 0.8% of popular votes and 1 out of 72 seats. The party was run by Kosie Pretorius, though
Jurie Viljoen was the party's representative in the National Assembly.
In the
2009 election, the party chose not to run a candidate for president, but competed for seats in the
National Assembly of Namibia
The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. Its laws must be approved by the National Council, the upper house. Since 2014, it has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of clos ...
. However, the party received only 4,718 votes, just below the minimum for a seat in the National Assembly. Ahead of the election, the top four party leaders were Kosie Pretorius, Jurie Viljoen,
Gernot Wilfrid Schaaf and
Eric Peters.
The party's election results further deteriorated
in 2014. It did not contest the
2019 Namibian general election.
In the
2020 local authority election it narrowly gained a seat in the
Outjo
Outjo (Otjiherero: ''small hills'') is a city of 6,000 inhabitants in the Kunene Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of Outjo Constituency. It is best known as a main gateway to Etosha National Park.
Overview
The town was founded by ...
municipality.
Presidential elections
National Assembly elections
References
Afrikaner organizations
Political parties in Namibia
Conservative parties in Namibia
Political parties of minorities
Political parties established in 1991
Protestant political parties
White Namibian people
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