I have a morbid political fear of any form of shared governance that puts the PPP/C and APNU together in government without enormous checks and balances. In my view, notwithstanding their persistent acrimony, should they begin to work together in the same government, friendships would soon develop and woe betide those who would oppose it! Even though the parties are now political enemies that has not stopped them from attempting to accommodate each other in distribution of land, etc.
One factor many of those who propose shared governance overlook is that the various ethnic groups have more similarities than differences; so much so that many persons have claimed that since politics constitutes the only significant dividing line, what we need is a new stock of politicians. This line of argument is wrong because our problem is structural; rooted in the nature of competitive politics and our ethnic distribution. Placed in this kind of a context, it would be amazing how quickly a new set of politicians would appear old! Yet this very thought points to the dire possibility that if by means of shared governance we are able to successfully bridge the political divide, we might also be creating a political monster!
The PPP/C and APNU supporters represent some 90% of the electorate, and given our ethic allegiances, the mere fact of government and the opportunities for patronage, the likelihood is that the
