5 Lessons worthy of emulation

Oct 24, 2019 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

There are a few lessons from the recently concluded elections in Canada that is worthy of emulation.
The first is the speed with which the results were announced. Unlike Guyana where final results take days to be officially declared, Canadians were able to know the final results within hours of the close of poll. As expected, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was re-elected to office with a reduced mandate which would now force him to make deals with one or the other of the parliamentary parties.
The second noteworthy point is the credibility and integrity of the electoral process. There were no allegations of voting irregularities by any of the contesting parties. The results were accepted by all parties as a true reflection of the will of the Canadian people.
Interestingly recent elections in Israel have resulted in a situation in which the current administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost significant parliamentary seats to a point where he has given up on forming a government. He has so indicated to the President. The onus is now on the opposition party to form a government failing which the country will once again be heading to the polls, the third within the space of one year.
It would appear that there is a growing tendency of ‘incumbency fatigue’ among voters as reflected in both the Canadian and the Israeli election results.

Hydar Ally

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