We have entered 2013 and we pray that it brings good fortunes for our motherland. Such an important prayer demands that we, as individuals, contribute our quota towards the nation?s development in whatever form we can.
The new year, 2013, is a significant one in our political history, one in which the law is being tested in an unprecedented fashion as an aggrieved political party marches to the Supreme Court to reverse the results of the recent polls in the country.
Since elections form an important segment of democracy in every country which embraces this form of governance, we think that those who are seeking the intervention of the Supreme Court must be congratulated, and not vilified.
The world is waiting for the outcome of the suit. It is our wish and prayer that those who would be given the onerous task of giving their verdict on the matter would do so without fear or favour.
As people belonging to one country with one destiny, our political differences should not constitute fault lines that would throw everything about our country asunder.
For a long time, politics has tended to divide us in a manner which does not make for the progress of a country. Many concerned statesmen and others continue to express disdain about the manner in which we conduct ourselves on the political turf and we can?t fault them.
So bad is our political conduct that politics has become synonymous with abrasive polemics in our part of the world.
We do not have to be at each other?s throats to ply what, by all standards, is the honourable occupation of politics which, by and large, is the presentation of alternative modules towards the development of the country. Belonging to different political parties is another attribute of democracy. When we all belong to the same party, the anomalous feature of one-party state is what comes to play, an anathema to democracy.
In the early days of the nascent year, it is our wish that we shall as a people belonging to one nation and sharing a common destiny resolve to do away with the divisive tendencies which have given politics a bad name in the country.
Most issues are today given the political tag with a view to despising them and further dragging politics in the mud. Let us continue to work towards eliminating such tendencies so that we can muster the necessary courage and strength to move the country forward.
As we march into the New Year we demand that the political leadership from both sides do what would give a befitting face to politics by changing their conduct. The inciting of the youth especially to engage in acts which do not give politics a good name should be eschewed by our leaders.
We wish everybody a fantastic 2013- a year in which the rule of law and strong institutions would become critical features in the country.
