Not so long ago, the PPP envisaged mayhem if the PNC was out of the National Assembly, but it now feels sufficiently confident to chase them out of that chamber. If the Leader of the Opposition did not previously appreciate the importance of permanent, effective and strategic political mobilization as a means of gaining political compliance in countries such as ours, he must have reached that realization now and faces the ignominy of being deliberately ejected from the very chamber upon which he has placed all his faith!
As I have argued before, this kind of nearly pure parliamentarianism is only effective where institutional arrangements are sufficiently entrenched to make recalcitrant acts extremely costly. Lesson learnt, and as difficult as it will be at this juncture, the entire opposition had better start to busy themselves if they are not to face even greater humiliation.
True to form, with prorogation the PPP is following a corrupt tradition that is only usually broken when the people stand ready to punish the defaulter.
