Responsibility of the ruling party
I am very dismayed to see now that the ruling party ministers, including the prime minister herself, seem to be devoted 100% to activities of their political party and the next election, rather than running the country. Their mandate from us, the electorate, is to fulfil their term during which time they must take full responsibility of maintaining the government and law & order. Instead, every day they are openly abusing official money and time by canvassing and campaigning. I saw on a private channel one of the prominent ministers declaring there was "100% certainty" that they would win again in his constituency in the next election. Unless the minister, still part of the government, is planning vote rigging by abusing his power, how can he be 100% sure?
We have, in our strange democracy, a provision for a three-month period of caretaker government, and I would urge the ruling party to concentrate on finishing their term of office with decorum and responsibility, then once their term is up, let them do whatever they want in terms of electioneering.
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