After the opposition won the majority of seats in the National Assembly in the 2011 general elections, I was left bemused by the notion that had it taken the advice of those of my ilk and formed a pre-election arrangement with a single list, the PPP/C would have lost government. Of course, there is no certainty that this would have happened and the belief even now exists that such an alliance would have had negative electoral consequences for the Alliance For Change and that the opposition would not have obtained the majority it has had.
National and regional elections are set for early May this year and here we are again considering opposition alliance possibilities. From my standpoint,