COMMENT | If lawmakers can't step up now, then step down at the next polls

COMMENT | For those of us political observers who watch the political developments in the country closely, nothing politicians do or say should surprise us at all.

Why, even the government most of us voted for in 2018 has been hijacked and unsurprisingly, the traitors and turncoats seemed to think nonchalantly that “it’s okay, life goes on”.

There is not an inkling of shame or remorse on their part. So, what else is new?

I am not convinced that the Covid-19 pandemic will stop politicking in the country or anywhere else. At best, this unprecedented crisis will halt it momentarily or lessen its vociferousness.

Greek philosopher Aristotle rightly stated that “human beings are by nature political animals, because nature, which does nothing in vain, has equipped them with speech, which enables them to communicate”.

By Aristotle’s cue, it is unfortunate that opposing politicians today are hardly able to communicate rationally and responsibly. They indulge in politicking, paint one another in the worst possible light in order to win public support to their side...