Landless People's Movement (Namibia)

The Landless People's Movement (LPM) is a political party in Namibia, formed in 2016 and registered in 2018. It is led by former deputy minister of lands and resettlement Bernadus Swartbooi, who serves as its president and chief change campaigner, and Henny Seibeb, the party's deputy leader.[3][4][5] The LPM has four seats in parliament.

This article is about the political party in Namibia. For the social movement in South Africa, see Landless People's Movement.

Landless People's Movement
Abbreviation	LPM
President	Bernadus Swartbooi
Deputy Leader and Chief Strategist	Henny Seibeb
Treasurer General	Aina Kodi
National Events Coordinator	Ivan Skrywer
Operative Secretary	Edson Isaacks
Split from	SWAPO
Headquarters	Windhoek, Namibia
Student wing	LPM Student Command
Ideology	Socialism[1] Land reform[2] Environmentalism[2] Agrarian reform[2]
Political position	Left-wing[1]
Colors	Black      Green      Orange
Slogan	"Restoring our Dignity"
Seats in the National Assembly	4 / 104
Seats in the National Council	0 / 42
Regional Councillors	0 / 121
Local Councillors	0 / 378
Pan-African Parliament	0 / 5
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History

The Landless People's Movement was formed after Bernadus Swartbooi, deputy minister of land reform was fired by President Hage Geingob in December 2016.[6][7] 

Policies

Swartbooi has been a vocal advocate of land restitution and restorative justice for landless Namibians who were dispossessed of their land including indigenous communities.[8] The party also favours LGBT rights, and it plans on addressing the issues of abortion and marijuana legalization. The party's youth wing is the LPM Youth and Student Command Element.

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2019	Bernadus Swartbooi	38,956	4.75%	4 / 104	4	3rd	Opposition

References

1. "Opposition parties say PDM coalition efforts too late". Windhoek Observer. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
2. Miyanicwe, Clemans (11 November 2019). "LPM launches climate-focused manifesto". The Namibian. p. 6.
3. Cloete, Luqman (8 May 2018). "Landless People's Movement wants Geingob to apologise". The Namibian. p. 5.
4. "LAND OWNERSHIP LOBBY GROUP FORMS POLITICAL PARTY". Saba-news.org. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
5. "Landless People's Movement seeking restorative justice". Lelamobile.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
6. "Geingob fires Swartbooi". The Namibian. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
7. "I was fired by thieves - Swartbooi - Politics". Namibiansun.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
8. "Swartbooi slams Govt's resettlement programme". Lelamobile.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.