Successive governments formed from a coalition of political parties is a factor behind the lack of service delivery by government authorities in the country throughout the years.
People’s National Congress (PNC) Party Leader and Ialibu Pangia MP Peter O’Neill pointed this out when urging voters in the upcoming 2022 National General Election to make the right selection and make their mandate.
“Sometimes when we have governments that are made up of so many coalition and partners, we have a situation where we are busy managing politics and forget the priority of managing the country on behalf of the people,” Mr O’Niell said.
“Get educated on the full policy platform of each political party, feel comfortable with what they are putting forward to the nation, that they are able to achieve what they say they will and elect leaders on the basis of that.”
He said the country’s development agenda over the years has shuffled because of the political instability that has been repeated over the years in the country’s history.
“This constant instability is a result of so many small parties and so many independent MPs going into parliament.” “Managing smaller parties and little groups is not easy for anybody who is in government.”
The former Prime Minister said this situation has been experienced by previous governments before him as well as for him when he was in government and is still experienced by the current government.