Full speed towards election

The situation has certainly taken a dramatic turn, and happily the turn is, we can say with confidence, for the better. With the drastic changes that one saw being effected in the top echelons of the civil administration as demanded by the 14-party alliance, and with the new election schedule announced yesterday, that keeps within the time limit laid down in the Constitution, which meets the demands of both the alliances, and with the anticipated changes in the EC, as much as is allowed within the constitutional limits, all the parties should now concentrate on the election itself. However, there is always the option for the AL to revert to the siege programme should some of its demand remain unfulfilled.

It is thus time for the parties, particularly the 14-party alliance to call off the political programmes now that the major three demands of the alliance have been fulfilled. We need hardly mention that these political programmes had disrupted public life severely, although it was indeed a very prudent step on the 14-party alliance to call off the countrywide siege. But the siege of the EC has caused tremendous hardship for the people in the capital. We also feel that the EC should now be left alone to do their job of helping a credible election take place. So far the demands had the support of a great majority of the people. We feel it is time the political parties gave due importance to the hardships of the people.

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There is nothing better now for the people to hope for than a healthy campaign in the run up to the elections devoid of animosity and confrontation, which should be conducted with the least inconvenience to the public.