This reflects its origins as the South African-backed Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) from which it rebranded itself as the PDM in 2017 under its current leader McHenry Venaani...
PDM leader McHenry Venaani is also set to stand for the presidency again having come a distant third (5%) in 2019...
McHenry Venaani who came third in the presidential poll but saw his party the right-of-centre Popular Democratic Movement (formally the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia – DTA) treble its MPs to 16 said his party did not accept the election outcome given the 'number of anomalies' recorded during the vote count...
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McHenry Venaani who heads the opposition centre-right Popular Democratic Movement (previously the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance) only polled 5% of the presidential vote in 2014 and is not expected to improve on that...
Opposition People's Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani called it an excuse and a lie declaring that the machines could be 'hijacked and hacked'...
This is led by the youthful McHenry Venaani who is making populist gestures such as calling for an end to the generous benefits awarded in perpetuity to ex-heads of state (AC Vol 54 No 23 Country for old men)...
McHenry Venaani the leader of the DTA of Namibia (ex-Democratic Turnhalle Alliance) now the official opposition in parliament was quick to label Geingob's choices as 'inconsistent' with Kawana's justification for the constitutional amendments while stressing he did not question Iyambo's credibility...
Most of Geingob's eight opponents in the presidential contest will be also-rans except former minister Hidipo Hamutenya leader of the SWAPO breakaway party the Rally for Democracy and Progress and McHenry Venaani leader of the DTA of Namibia (ex-Democratic Turnhalle Alliance)...
That will leave Hamutenya and the leader of the DTA of Namibia (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance) McHenry Venaani as Geingob's main opponents (AC Vol 54 No 23 Country for old men)...
In contrast the DTA of Namibia (formerly Democratic Turnhalle Alliance) revitalised by September's replacement of its veteran leader Katuutire Kaura by the young McHenry Venaani may improve on its current tally of two MPs...
The other main opposition party the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance replaced its own veteran leader Katuutire Kaura with its much younger Secretary General McHenry Venaani in September...