NSTopinion: If changes can occur without free and fair elections - and this has happened in other jurisdictions - the (claim of having the people's mandate) loses its power.
But everyone hopes for the storm to cease, for a lawful and peaceful resolution. Perhaps even a moral answer too.
Which opinion do you think is stronger? Perhaps it is time every side in the political arena, along with the watching Joe and Jane, consider the following thought. In fact, I daresay it becomes irrelevant. If changes can occur without free and fair elections --- and this has happened in other jurisdictions too --- the mandate loses its power. It becomes a fiction.We could, however, salvage the dismal situation by amending the Constitution to have elections at shorter intervals. Say, once every two or three years.
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