A people’s caucus can end mass robbery

What is needed now is a “People’s Caucus” between MPs and the population, to counter the latest Executive attempt at theft-motivated mass bribery and intimidation.

This is basically the Nigeria syndrome; by relying on oil revenues banked abroad from the land belonging to silenced natives, the regime frees itself from the need to tax the population and therefore be accountable to it. Instead, it is free to “dash” money to whoever’s support it may need at the time, and the peasants can go hang.

As the President manouvres around the NRM caucus, its members should be aware that it was their previous weak-kneed approach that led to this mess in the first place. If terms limits had been kept in place, they would not now be holding those uncomfortable conversations. What is needed now is a “People’s Caucus” between MPs and the population, to counter the latest Executive attempt at theft-motivated mass bribery and intimidation.

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