Dear Editor,
Politics is about making hard choices. The 2011 elections resulted in the combined opposition having one seat more than the PPP. This created the objective conditions that required that government and opposition should find a middle road in their engagements.
What have been the result so far after two years and counting? Zilch! Nothing!
The same accusation that is being hurled at the PPP that their concept of a middle road means only their way is the exact mindset and replica of the opposition.
Their concept of the middle ground means my way or the highway. The politics of consensus is absent from our body politics. It is not working.
The question therefore is what is to be done? Like the old Marxists used to say, the objective and subjective conditions dictate that we call general elections. The PPP has nothing to lose and all to gain. The PPP running with the incumbent President cannot lose the presidency and all the indicators are that they can win back the parliamentary majority.
This is based on a major cross-section of the populace being totally fed up with the combined opposition display of a siege mentality and a ‘hold me to ransom’ type of politics.
There is also a resurgence of activism by longstanding comrades of the PPP that is bringing back vibrancy to the party .This coupled with avoiding the mistakes of the last election will guarantee an electoral victory. It’s time for a general election
Yours faithfully,
Reggie Bhagwandin
