Wide of the mark III

By Ws Hag

Sound of oppositions - does it matter?

More than fair enough, the sound not only matters but it should be considered as a driving force for the existent transformation of the country’s situation. Most of the issues raised by the majority of the opposition groups are just and meaningful. Leaving aside the historical opinions, the fundamental questions as to constitutionality of the government, rule of law, accountability, prisoners’ rights, and other human rights issues are in need of solution. The people and the country are still keen to breathe the air of absolute freedom and democracy. People are very desperate to see a government, which can respect their basic rights and be bothered of the majority’s need. A body of command, concerned with the demands of its citizens and their security rather than to a very limited personal or group aspirations.

To carry out these errands, however, it requires individual heads committed, honest, and escorted with much more optimistic ideas plus principles supposedly to last long enough. The power of smartness and wise thinking must defeat the popular and massive will of emotion. The entertainment of thoughts needs to be applauded and make its way in replacing the mere inspiration of passion. The idea of reasoning has to be encouraged and overcome personal attachments.

In a nutshell, if those assertions are supported with genuine endeavor and in the interest of the whole society - to uphold justice and democracy where the people of the nation have the devotion to rely on, to bring everlasting solution for the crisis in order to avoid the repetition of mistakes and overcome the situation, meant for peace as it is the important vehicle for development and prosperity, to control and shape the government creating a viable environment for transparency, to disseminate the truth and only the honest fact, and to bring about growth so as to change the living standard of the people at large. Taken as a whole, “freedom” is the general covet.

The Eritrean people do not expect a dramatic change. However, they are in need of promising figures who can live and share their beliefs without putting down a slight doubt. Peace and justice are the crucial dynamics, which can hold back normalization and stability of the country at this instance. If in relation to these factors the oppositions concentrate and work to bring an everlasting solution, they will win not only the mind of the majority, but also the struggle against absolute rule, for social equality and impartiality in short time. The time factor, these days, is a central point as the people inside the country are in unconditional necessity more than ever before.

On the other hand, the problem is when the principles of these groups bend to a trivial political agenda other than the factual and legitimate interest of the country and its people. Thumbs down is, thus, the reply where these oppositions are making progress not enough to echo to the claim of the people to compel and guarantee the security of the country. Where the change of government is not for most part of the people and without any change to the basic conditions of life, the reverberation is limited and of no magnitude. As the people have learned the hard way, what required now is more than mere promises. Practically, these groups need to put forward and work to a justifiable common objective taking into account the common good of the country and its people. Nothing is required except the free will of their respective assembly to be candid and flexible enough to engage as well as to construct reasonable ground for compromise.

Looking back at the records, however, selfishness, dishonesty, fabrication, and inadequate principles are the worst scenario of the majority of the oppositions except to the contribution they claim. Such weaknesses are the consequence of personal antagonism among most of the representatives in these different groups. Expressly, the method they take up in assailing the politically involved characters is intolerable. Furthermore, the making of disarray in the people’s unity is mainly a horrible plan; simply fooling around with the classy pride of the citizens and their motherland. At this critical stage, however, all must be aware of that the law belongs to everyone and the rule of law, as a mere concept is not enough without the moral say-so. Practice what you preach. Though tomorrow is another day, the inaccurate manners and talks could always detach all the exertion for nothing.

Conclusion
The emergence of democratic institutions and of the arrangements, which hold them together, cannot be engineered as an act of will; it requires patience and modesty. It is evident in particularly to understand the obstacles to democracy in a multiethnic and multi-religious society. However, this does not mean that integrating its principles should be left out as democracy by itself can create a solution to such impediments.

No one can predict what judgment leaders will make years from now. But leaders in both the present government and in the opposition’s camp have a responsibility to help and shape the judgments of emerging generations. They must go beyond keeping nationalism, to view history through the prism of the most recent experience. A great concern should to be given to the aspiration and requisite of the people within the country.

All concerned with the future of the country, thus, must find ways to cooperate so that the world will gain see Eritreans working toward common destiny both at home and in the community of nations. It is to such effort that this article seeks to make a contribution. In particular, the opposition’s relationship, to be meaningful, needs to have a special character. They should be prepared to do things for each other in the sphere beyond the immediate dictates of personal interests and insisting on collective consensus. As an unsurpassed achievement will only depend on leadership quality and the subsequent outcome of public partaking as well as classlessness, hope every one of them will gain awareness from each other’s slip-up.

This dilemma of our age may be summed up by the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, “Perpetual Peace.” It would come out either by human foresight or by a series of catastrophes that leave no other choice. Which of these two will be is the ultimate question to whoever rules the country as it is destined for perpetual peace.
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