A voter's dilemma
Friday, August 09, 2019
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Voters in a queue. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO.
The political debate space has gotten messier and deviated from the ideal to the level of ‘getting power by any means necessary’.
Elections are naturally a heated contestation of personalities, and if we are lucky, a hot contestation of ideas, solutions and policies. With this year’s election cycle, we’ve been treated to a tad bit of both.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...