As much as we agree that there is a place of experience in everything, as well as an overall understanding of the technical knowhow of how things work from the grassroots level to the top echelon of public offices, ego overload and the principle of selection mustn’t be allowed to ruin the beautiful garment of our growing democracy. From ages past, “baba sope” (Father says) has always been the usual practice, where the father figure in a political party practically decides who takes what, usually against the wish of the supposed decision makers, in the end, choices become a thing of pain as the preferred candidates hardly get the party nod simply because the lions upstairs would have lorded candidates on voters, the idea of primaries within parties to determine who gets the mandate to fly the flag of the party is already a failed joke as hopes die for candidates with good intentions at the altar of the gods of selection, popularly known as godfathers having already decided who...
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