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Popular Democratic Movement

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic Front, it formed the official opposition in Parliament until the 2009 parliamentary elections. The party currently holds five seats in the Namibian National Assembly and one seat in the Namibian National Council. Further, the PDM lost its status as the official opposition party, taking the fourth place. McHenry Venaani is the President of the PDM.
The PDM is an associate member of the International Democracy Union, a transnational grouping of national political parties generally identified with political conservatism, and a member of the Democracy Union of Africa (DUA), which was re-launched in Accra, Ghana in February 2019. PDM President McHenry Venaani is the current chairperson of the DUA.