A day will rise for them on which they will find themselves fighting in the BDP, as they jostle for the limited positions. The BDP will crumble too one day.One of the things one can see in our country, particularly with regard to the political sphere is that our political establishment is still very young. Fourty years of independence is not enough to have made much significant strides in the political arena for this country. There are still a lot of manifestations of characteristics of many individuals who enter politics in the belief that they have secured a permanent job. There is a lot of evidence that our brothers and sisters who become politicians are lured by the lust for power. Why this is so, is anyone's guess. One would have thought that people will go in politics with an open mind and bearing in mind that if they become councillors or Members of Parliament - they are being given the mandate (five years) by the electorates to lead them; but this is not the case. There seems to be a creation of an imbalance where they (politicians) tend to tilt the scale for self-advancement. Some of these guys cross the floor to the other political organisations when they realise that their positions, whether it be council or parliamentary seat, is likely to be taken by other aspiring candidates, hence they run away and seek new political homes.
Many of these individuals will advance very weak reasons for exiting their current political parties. Others take advantage of the mishap, for example, the problem that bedevilled the BNF leadership after they had failed endlessly for years to secure political positions, particularly in the central committees. They realise their political roadway may be coming to a close so they try elsewhere. Some are in fact trying to position themselves for the next general elections because they notice that their support from the electorates is waning and they are becoming less popular and will lose the positions they may be holding.
