In Summary
• There has emerged a trend particularly in our by-elections, where when the holder of the office dies, his relatives become the automatic heirs of the said elective office.
• To make this political arrangement more palatable, it has been christened ‘negotiated democracy’.
“What is it that you want?” he asked
She said, “grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”..