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Opinion Poll: Yes To Democracy, No To Dynasty.
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Bilawal will be leading a party completely different from that founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto some 45 years ago or inherited by Benazir after 1981. It was a party for change and not a party of status quo as today.
A part of its ethos may still be more progressive compared to others, but it has increasingly degenerated into a family-dominated, rural-based party losing its support among the urban poor and middle classes which once formed the partys backbone. It is now being run as a family fiefdom as its traditional mass appeal has been increasingly shrinking.
Five years in power have exposed the partys ineptitude to provide good governance. Cronyism is at its height, and corruption has never been so endemic. The economy is in a shambles with the growth rate hovering around an abysmal three per cent for five consecutive years. Power cuts and shortage of energy have not only hit industries, but also affected lives of the common people triggering widespread discontent.
It is the first time in Pakistans history that a democratically elected government will be completing its full term and hopefully power will be transferred to the next elected government. The party will go into elections this time not on slogans for change, but defending its not so enviable record while in government.
There seems to be a marked change in the partys election strategy with far greater reliance on the local influential families than on traditional party supporters. That has hugely transformed the partys character stripping it of whatever ideological colour it had left. Some of the leaders who sat on the dais in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh spoke volumes for the changing face of the party under Zardari.
Although he is still not 25, the lower age limit to stand in elections, Bilawal is expected to spearhead the PPPs campaign with his father in the background. It is undoubtedly going to be the toughest in the partys history. But can he stir up the Bhutto charisma and galvanise the demoralised party voters? Will the voters warm up to the new Bhutto? This is going to be tough for an inexperienced and untested new heir to the Bhutto dynasty. For sure the party cannot rely on any sympathy wave this time.
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A part of its ethos may still be more progressive compared to others, but it has increasingly degenerated into a family-dominated, rural-based party losing its support among the urban poor and middle classes which once formed the partys backbone. It is now being run as a family fiefdom as its traditional mass appeal has been increasingly shrinking.
Five years in power have exposed the partys ineptitude to provide good governance. Cronyism is at its height, and corruption has never been so endemic. The economy is in a shambles with the growth rate hovering around an abysmal three per cent for five consecutive years. Power cuts and shortage of energy have not only hit industries, but also affected lives of the common people triggering widespread discontent.
It is the first time in Pakistans history that a democratically elected government will be completing its full term and hopefully power will be transferred to the next elected government. The party will go into elections this time not on slogans for change, but defending its not so enviable record while in government.
There seems to be a marked change in the partys election strategy with far greater reliance on the local influential families than on traditional party supporters. That has hugely transformed the partys character stripping it of whatever ideological colour it had left. Some of the leaders who sat on the dais in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh spoke volumes for the changing face of the party under Zardari.
Although he is still not 25, the lower age limit to stand in elections, Bilawal is expected to spearhead the PPPs campaign with his father in the background. It is undoubtedly going to be the toughest in the partys history. But can he stir up the Bhutto charisma and galvanise the demoralised party voters? Will the voters warm up to the new Bhutto? This is going to be tough for an inexperienced and untested new heir to the Bhutto dynasty. For sure the party cannot rely on any sympathy wave this time.
The writer is an author and journalist.
zhussain100@yahoo.com
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Say what ever you say, do whatever you do bt the reality is, dynasties hve croupted money to buy the votes & they call it damo-crazy !lol
So even you oppose dynsty but you still are saying yes to them by voting for their damo-crazy!
& for them its just so funny!lol
So even you oppose dynsty but you still are saying yes to them by voting for their damo-crazy!
& for them its just so funny!lol
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'Had Bilawal actually understood the Urdu poetry he was reading with a gora accent, he wouldve known Faizs poetic legacy has been to speak truth to power'
well said. but the problem lies in the system. if its only at the mercy of the ruling elite that ill get some limited justice, ill have no other option but to vote for them. freeing the system from the grip of these dynasties is the only way to free the people from their grips. and it is the responsibility of the few educated to do this for the rest of the people. otherwise dont expect the ppl to get themselves freed without any bloodshed.
well said. but the problem lies in the system. if its only at the mercy of the ruling elite that ill get some limited justice, ill have no other option but to vote for them. freeing the system from the grip of these dynasties is the only way to free the people from their grips. and it is the responsibility of the few educated to do this for the rest of the people. otherwise dont expect the ppl to get themselves freed without any bloodshed.
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