No middle road

POLITICS is about making hard choices. The 2011 elections resulted with the combined Opposition having one seat more than the PPP. This created the objective conditions that required that government and Opposition should find a middle road in their engagements.What has been the result so far after two years and counting? Zilch! Nothing! The same accusation that is being hurled at the PPP, that their concept of a middle road means only their way, is the exact mindset and replica of the Opposition. Their concept of middle ground means my way or the highway. The politics of consensus is absent from our body politic; it is not working.
The question, therefore, is: What is to be done? Like the old Marxists used to say, the objective and subjective conditions dictate that we call general elections. The PPP has nothing to lose, and all to gain. The PPP running with the incumbent President cannot lose the Presidency, and all the indicators are that they can win back the parliamentary majority. This is based on a major cross-section of the populace being totally fed up with the combined Opposition’s display of a siege mentality, and a ‘hold-me-to-ransom’ type of politics.
There is also a resurgence of activism by longstanding comrades of the PPP that is bringing back the vibrancy to the Party. This, coupled with avoiding the mistakes of the last election, will guarantee an electoral victory.
No middle road! Time for general election!
REGGIE BHAGWANDIN

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