JUST this past 45th anniversary of our Co-operative Republic, my pleading to potential voters was published. However, not long after I was given the bittersweet answer/question: “What if I don’t favour any of these presidential hopefuls?” Editor, so many of us have evolved into the thinking that as citizens, we are entitled to a wealth of economic benefits, but this is never completely true. Many are here as direct resultants of their parents’ friskiness, soon after, rendering these unsuspecting parents, bankrupt.
To transcend this, many children pursue education and enter the ‘Academic Derby’, still, inadequate education, weak morale development, along with national/economical segmentation end the race too far before the finish line.
Fortunately, these are the only base issues for any disenchantment, and can be unshackled. How? Every 5 years, we are empowered to choose who must bring our betterment. However, the weaker that support, the more potholes on that route. I remember when I was writing my most recent examination, my lecturer was saying, “if you do the homework, study and participate in class, the markers have no other choice than to give you a good grade”.
Come May 11th, we are given the right to vent, and must ensure to overwhelmingly support. Give that presidential hopeful, which wins your hearts, a clear route. Not favouring a candidate isn’t a worthy reason to abdicate our accountability, because it isn’t about a candidate, it’s about giving a group the responsibility to usher the Republic away from 3rd World disadvantages. ‘Stop the nay, on the 11th of May, together we must say, Hip-hip-Hooray!’

HERCULES RAMPHAL