Editorial
Our opinion survey
It reveals the challenges before AL
Our national opinion survey published yesterday gives an indication of the people's perception of recent events in the country. The survey has revealed some interesting findings.
On the face of it, the findings of the survey may appear paradoxical, but a careful reading of it would clear that view. On the other hand, it reveals the political acuity of the public to whom government performance in the area of development only is just not enough. People's expectation from the government has increased greatly, and while good work has been appreciated, there is dissatisfaction because of a lack of good governance and the failure to curb corruption.
Insofar as corruption is concerned, apart from the bank and stock market scandals, at the local level it is the general experience of the people that nothing gets done without greasing palms, even for the services due to them. And good governance, among other things, was hampered by absence of rule of law and skirting of the legal process on partisan consideration. And the CTG issue has shaped people's perception regarding the outcome of the next election.
If the AL wants to find the reasons for the prevailing public sense of things, it should get down immediately to serious self-examination instead of putting the blame for all their reverses on the opposition. This was so apparent in the aftermath of defeat at the polls in all five mayoral elections when the cause was ascribed to everything else except the party itself.
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