In a few days to come, official results for the just ended elections
will be out and there is need to maintain our peace. An election is somehow
closely related to a competition in the sense that after the electorates have
cast their ballots, there usually emerges a victor. It is always heartrending
when you or your candidate loses an election but it is understandable since
every one cannot be a winner and we all should know and acknowledge this fact.
The beauty of such a
democratic election like the Tripartite Election (TPE) that Malawi recently had
is that the majority carries the day. Once the official results are out, let
those that vied and won positions in the just ended elections lead and fulfill
the promises they made to the youth, women and children of this country.
In
delivery of what they were voted for, everyone stands an equal chance of
benefiting from their services irrespective of whether you voted for or against
them. I sincerely believe that this fact gives each one of us a reason to
continuously take part and engage them so as to make sure that our concerns and
societal challenges are being addressed in a cordial and agreeable manner
possible.
Our democracy is no longer an infant; let us manage the
results of the just ended election in a mature manner as good citizens of the
ever peaceful Malawi nation. Nobody in the world has ever benefited from
causing havoc and to think along such lines is a gross enigma and such mindsets
are responsible for failure of economically promising states and individuals.
There is no reason to fight against each other simply because of mere
differences in political party affiliations. Malawians suffer from poverty, hunger,
unemployment etc and our concerns really revolve around these matters and not just
mere disparities in ethnicity, religion or political affiliations. The problems
we share are far much greater than the things that divide us.
All the frontrunners in the just ended election promised us
a lot once they ascend to power. Now they got our votes and what remains is for
us to take them to task if they are failing to deliver. Let the election guide
us as we reflect on the areas we did a good job and if there are other areas
our community should work on in terms of handling the next elections.
The youth should remember that they are nobody’s toy
soldiers and every political leader should also bear in mind that the youth
have a lot to benefit in a violent free nation like ours. The youth need to go
to school, venture into businesses and explore other avenues all of which are
not possible in a country where there is mayhem in its backyard.
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