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Summary A call to civil society to collaborate in order to steer the political class Summary: Career politicians and some state officials do everything they can to hold on to the benefits and opportunities that come with their best jobs. Civil Society (CS) can leverage this dynamic to get them to work for justice and the country. Without such effort, Career politicians will continue to view CS as fragmented and ineffective groupuscules, They will continue to deceive the public with empty campaign promises, allowing them to secure their positions and benefits for decades, and Oppression and chaos will persist, locally and globally. 1. The Current State of Affairs CS and the public have currently little to no control over the political class. Career politicians routinely ignore the public's demands, purs...

2024/11/13 Political rivalry hurting the country The National and Labour parties have agreed to take politics out of infrastructure. This means that the successive governments delaying and halting projects while promising to start new ones were merely tactics designed to deny the previous government any credit and intentionally undermine its initiatives. This approach should extend to other sectors as well—such as education, healthcare, the economy, housing, and addressing social issues. Questions: 1- How can the two major parties claim to be serving the country and its citizens when they succumb to their rivalry, wasting money and depriving the country of valuable projects? 2- Where is the civil society and the public in these maneuvers? Why doesn’t civil society and the public draw a line in the sand for projects that were agreed upon by the previous government? Why do they allow the animosities between the two major parties to affect th...