Aunty Jabou,
       A very astute observation. The  conscience of our nation has to be 
rekindled. The moral and compassionate values  of our society needs to be 
regained. We should become conscious of all the  mistakes of the past, the lessons 
that ought to be learnt, and strive to build  again our nation block by block. 
 
       The situation of the Opposition is  heart wrenching, and is not 
helping in the cause to uproot an entrenched and  consolidated political 
establishment. We have a cankerworm in our society,  that needs not only to be removed 
but to assure that it will never recur  again. 
 
       Let us build a society where it will  never be necessary to stage a 
coup. Let us build a society where the democratic  safeguards, including 
presidential term limits, will become the fundamental  bases upon which our political 
structures are built.
 
        Let all the interest groups for  once subordinate their interest to 
the yearnings, the good intentions, and  the protracted struggles of the many 
who are tirelessly working to usher in the  dawn of a new day for our country.  
 
        In the absence of a united  opposition that can wrestle the mantle of 
power from the ruling  government, the aspirations of expanding the 
democractic space, open all  public media to dissenting views, purge all obnoxious laws 
electoral and  constitutional from the body politics, will remain an 
illusion. So there is  so much stake. 
 
 
        Rene

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