The Nasha factor and the political cost of self importance

Everything else in the last week was eclipsed by the news that Margaret Nasha had resigned from the Democratic Party and joined the UDC. That move alone has been enough to change the country’s political landscape with the follow up developments still, perhaps, to come.

The BDP, very naturally, has begun to play down its significance and will presumably suggest that politically she is a spent force and therefore no great loss.

Nevertheless, the defection of such a major figure, with an election due next year can only be seen as a major setback.

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Let’s get the constitutional amendment right

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