One can hope APC gets their acts and heft together to mount a formidable challenge at the 2015 elections. Granted they have some eggheads that can sway opinion in their favour and it can be argued that they have within their ranks exemplary individuals, recent cross-carpeting and the glee with which questionable individuals have been embraced by the party's management have left tell-tale sourness in the mouths of many of their once-ardent supporters. It has led to the prevailing conclusion that, one will be hard pressed to tell the two "hegemonic" parties apart given how blurred the lines which differentiate them have become.
Whichever party carries the day, what will make them consider the people is not their policies per se, rather how strong the opposition is to challenge almost every action the government takes that is not people-oriented and to point out corrupt practices because when the chips are down, politics is selfish in nature. Hence all actors are expected to display these selfish interests: the government (wanting all the money and glory for itself), the opposition (wanting to discredit government and place itself as a viable alternative) and the people (selfishly reaping from the selfish mutual engagements of government and opposition).
All these are possible only when the government knows that the opposition is strong enough and wields such an enormous political wherewithal virile enough to unseat them, yes, even at the slightest opportunity.
No comments:
Post a Comment